Punjab Assembly (PA) Opposition Leader Muhammad Moeen ud Din Riaz Qureshi on Friday slammed the provincial budget of Rs5.9 trillion, accusing the government of prioritising political branding over public welfare. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader lamented that the government allocated massive funds to new schemes and left previous projects incomplete. He said the authorities had […]
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Punjab’s Welfare Budget Vision
Punjab’s Budget 2026-27, presented by Finance Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman in the Provincial Assembly, reflects the provincial government’s effort to combine fiscal discipline with an expansive social and development agenda. With a total outlay of Rs 5,903.5 billion, the budget is the largest in Punjab’s history and represents a 10.7 per cent increase over the […]
MNAs brief PM on development, public welfare projects
Members of the National Assembly Chaudhry Naseer Ahmed Abbas and Saad Waseem on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here. During their separate meetings, the parliamentarians briefed the prime minister on the progress of ongoing development and public welfare projects in their respective constituencies, and also presented proposals for new projects. They also discussed […]
Rs 970 million spent on welfare of Punjab Police personnel, families
Punjab Police continues to undertake vigorous welfare measures for its personnel and their families. In continuation of these initiatives, Punjab Police has spent a total of more than Rs. 970 million on the welfare and well-being of police personnel and their families during the current year. Providing details, the Punjab Police Spokesperson said that more […]
Punjab sets new milestone as over 1.6m benefit from welfare programmes
Punjab Chief Minister (CM), Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that over 1.6 million people have benefited from social protection initiatives including the Ration Card, Himmat Card and Minority Card program in a short span of time. She was chairing a special meeting to review the performance of the Social Welfare and Baitul Maal Department, […]
Punjab CM expresses gratitude over success of public welfare initiatives
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif expresses gratitude and humility, saying she is thankful to Almighty Allah for enabling the government to fulfil key promises made to the people. She says the commitment to provide shelter to the homeless is being fulfilled, with nearly 150,000 houses under construction. She adds that the promise to introduce […]
Mayor says any party sincere about Karachi’s welfare has his support
Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab visited Mazar-e-Quaid on the occasion of the 149th birth anniversary of the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (RA), and paid a splendid tribute to the Father of the Nation. He laid a floral wreath at the mausoleum on behalf of the citizens of Karachi and offered Fateha. On […]
Health minister orders strict crackdown on quacks
A high-level meeting on the alarming rise of HIV cases across Sindh was chaired by Provincial Minister for Health and Population Welfare, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, in which all Deputy Commissioners and SSPs from across the province attended virtually, while CEO Sindh Healthcare Commission Dr Ahsan Qavi, Secretary Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority Dr Dur-e-Naz, and […]
KP rolls out landmark policy for welfare of trans people
In a significant step towards inclusive healthcare, the Health Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has formally launched the Protection and Welfare Policy on Transgender and Intersex Persons 2025, mandating structural and behavioral reforms across public health facilities. According to an official circular issued by the Health Sector Reform Unit (HSRU) here Wednesday, the policy has been […]
Over 6,400 assistive devices distributed under CM’s welfare initiative
Punjab Minister for Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Mal Sohail Shaukat Butt has said that the Punjab government is carrying forward Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s vision of empowering persons with disabilities through the province’s largest-ever assistive devices distribution programme. In a statement on Saturday, he said that 6,408 devices have so far been distributed under the […]