LAHORE – The Punjab Public Accounts Committee (PAC-III) has ordered a comprehensive investigation into 25 cases of alleged financial irregularities committed during the tenure of former Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar (2018–2022). According to official sources, the directive followed findings from the 2021–22 audit report, which uncovered serious violations in District Health Authorities, including illegal […]
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Usman Buzdar sends Rs500mn legal notice to Awn Chaudhary
LAHORE: Former Punjab CM Usman Buzdar has sent an Rs500 million legal notice to Advisor to the Prime Minister on Tourism and Sports and dissident PTI leader Awn Chaudhry. The former chief minister Buzdar served legal notice for launching a “defamatory campaign” against him. The notice, filed by Usman Buzdar’s counsel Mubeenuddin Qazi, states that […]
Opposition submits no-confidence motion against CM Buzdar
LAHORE: The opposition on Monday submitted a no-confidence motion against Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in the Punjab Assembly secretariat. Opposition MPAs Rana Mashood and Samiullah Khan submitted the motion that bore signatures of more than 100 members of the Punjab Assembly belonging to the opposition. The chief minister will not be able to dissolve […]
Those creating hindrance in national development, will get nothing: CM
LAHORE: Parliamentarians from different districts called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at CM’s office on Saturday and expressed complete confidence over his leadership. Overall political situation, ongoing development projects were also came under discussion during the meeting. Talking on the occasion, the CM said that those creating hindrance in the process of national […]
CM Punjab announces 32 percent quota for south Punjab in provincial govt employment
Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar on Wednesday announced a 32 percent job quota for South Punjab areas in provincial government employment. The chief minister while speaking to media in Bhakkar said that a proposal was also under consideration for including Mianwali in South Punjab and then the job quota in government employment will be raised […]
CM Buzdar’s Principal Secretary Tahir Khursheed on NAB radar
LAHORE: A bigwig of the Punjab bureaucracy and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s Principal Secretary Tahir Khursheed has come under the radar of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore as the bureau has opened an assets-beyond-means probe against him on Friday. The NAB Lahore has subpoenaed the CM’s principal secretary on July 8. In an official notice directed to the senior […]
Punjab cabinet likely to approve budget proposals for 2021-22 today
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar will preside over a special meeting of the provincial cabinet on Monday, in which approval will be given to the proposals of budget for fiscal year 2021-22. The meeting will also approve the supplementary budget for the financial year 2020-21, said a handout issued here on Sunday. The cabinet […]
Punjab CM says economy improving, calls opposition ‘gang’
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that the whole nation knows why the opposition was wailing over sustainable economic development as they were tight-lipped when the economy was slow-paced due to their wrong policies in the past. In a statement on Sunday, he said that now when that the country had been […]
World Environment Day: CM Buzdar announces measures for cleaner, greener Lahore
The Government of Punjab has launched various initiatives for a cleaner and greener Punjab this World Environment Day. The provincial capital, Lahore, will be the main focus as the chief minister said, “Lahore is the heart of Pakistan and the heart should be clean and green.” PHA Lahore & Punjab Govt well on way to […]
Buzdar’s clean-up act – LWMC head removed for poor sanitation in Lahore
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar removed on Friday Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Imran Ali Sultan for failing to clean up the city. CM Buzdar said that the incompetent CEO was ‘free to leave Punjab’ if he cannot clean up the provincial capital. According to details, CM Usman Buzdar visited different […]