LAHORE: The provincial cabinet, held under the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar at his office on Thursday, approved a 25 percent special allowance for more than 721,000 provincial employees of grade-1 to 19 from June 1, 2021. The cabinet also approved Rs7.10 billion for free medical facilities to the residents of Dera Ghazi […]
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“Khidmat Aapki Dehleez Par”: Usman Buzdar goes digital for the masses
The Government of Punjab’s recent digital initiative called ‘Khidmat Apki Dehleez Per’ brings about a new approach to service delivery or ‘khidmat’ in our local terms. The program aims to revive government machinery for effective delivery of services in residential and other areas through the use of smartphones. Currently designed for the province of […]
As helpless police constable pleads on social media for help, DPO Bahawalpur visits to redress grievances
LODHRAN: A police constable, Mahboob Iqbal, recently uploaded a video on social media appealing to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Inspector General of Punjab Inam Ghani and DPO of Bahawalpur Faisal Kamran to take notice of, what he claimed, his unfair dismissal and declaration of his mental illness by the department. The […]
Govt to provide Sehat cards to all residents of South Punjab: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday visited Layyah and inaugurated various development projects. Addressing the ceremony, he said the government would provide Sehat cards to all residents of South Punjab. Imran Khan said that provision of health card to the citizens of the country would ensure complete and free of cost health coverage which […]
Buzdar fixes Rs 20,000 minimum monthly salary for labourers
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting to review the performance of the Labour Department at the CM office on Sunday and maintained that the minimum wage of the workers in Punjab had been fixed at Rs 20,000, adding that the incumbent government, during its two and a half year tenure, had […]
Buzdar wants ‘out of the box’ thinking to increase resources
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday chaired meeting of the Resource Mobilization Committee to review various proposals for further increase in the resources of the province. Board of Revenue, Punjab Revenue Authority, Excise, Taxation and Narcotics, Irrigation and Mines and Minerals departments gave their recommendations for the increase in revenue resources. The chief […]
Businesses, markets closed as 2-day lockdown imposed in Lahore
LAHORE: Businesses and markets have been closed in Lahore as two-day lockdown has been imposed in the city keeping in view the current situation of covid-19. The Punjab government imposed complete lockdown in Lahore and other several cities on Saturday and Sunday (May 22 and 23) . Inter-city and inter-provincial transport have also been […]
CM Buzdar asks people to ‘modify lives to stay safe’
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that cooperation of people is highly important to control the spread of coronavirus. Officials said on Friday that the chief minister urged the people to strictly follow corona standard operating procedures (SOPs) to stay protected from the deadly virus. He said that violations of […]
Historic developmental projects underway in Punjab: Firdous Ashiq
Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Information, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said that under the leadership of CM Usman Buzdar, historic projects are on going in Punjab for the development of the province. The SACM announced on Twitter that these projects include new canals, economic zones, hospitals and new universities. Other than that 1000 […]
Smart-lockdown instead of complete lockdown in selected districts: CM Punjab
Addressing media today (Monday) Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar stated that the government has decided not to go with a complete lockdown. He said that smart lockdowns will be implemented in districts having over 12% positivity rate. The chief minister said that no economic activities will be halted. Buzdar further said that public transport and […]