Lahore ‘completely ignored’ in Punjab budget: PML-N on June 17, 2020The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said that Lahore was completely ignored in the provincial budget of fiscal year 2020-21 as the budget was only presented for the people of DG Khan, Mianwali and Lodhran. Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, Prime Minister Imran Khan and senior PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tareen hail from these districts […]
Punjab unveils Rs 2.24 trillion tax-free, pro-business budget on June 16, 2020The Punjab government on Monday presented budget for fiscal year 2020-21 with a total outlay of 2.24 trillion amid protest and walkout by the opposition. The provincial budget was presented by Finance Minister MakhdoomHashimJawanBakht at a local hotel, which had already been declared as Punjab Assembly chambers. The finance minister started his speech by criticizing […]
PML-N stages walkout from PA as Hamza completes one year in jail on June 10, 2020The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz staged token walkout from Punjab Assembly session on Tuesday to record its protest against the detention of opposition leader Hamza Shehbaz, who is going to complete one year in jail. Speaking on a point of order, PML-N MPA Rana Mashhood said that the opposition leader of Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz will […]
PA speaker shows displeasure over Agriculture Department’s performance on June 9, 2020The MPAs of the opposition benches and Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi showed dissatisfaction over the performance of agriculture department as the concerned minister failed to answer the queries of the lawmaker. Speaker Elahi directed the agriculture minister Nauman Langrial to come to the House with complete preparation related to his department and give […]
APC accuses Punjab govt of concealing actual number of COVID-19 deaths on June 8, 2020The All Parties Conference of Punjab convened by the Pakistan People’s Party has alleged that the government is hiding the actual number of deaths due to the COVID-19, and that the situation is horrible in Punjab. It was stated in the declaration issued after the APC held at Bilawal House Lahore on Sunday. Hosted by […]
PA speaker for banning books with derogatory remarks related to companions of Prophet (PBUH) on June 6, 2020Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi took stern notice regarding the books available in the markets having derogatory contents related to the companions of Holy Prophet (PBUH) while also directing the authorities to ban all these books. “It is alarming that how these books reached here and easily available in the markets in a country […]
PML-N to protest in PA budget session against NAB raid at Shehbaz’s residence on June 5, 2020The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to record its protest during the Punjab Assembly session over the raid of NAB conducted at its President Shehbaz Sharif’s residence in Model Town the other day. The Parliamentary Advisory Group (PAG) of PML-N in Punjab Assembly held a meeting on Thursday with former Speaker Rana Muhammad […]
PA budget session likely to be marred by low attendance due to COVID-19 surge on June 4, 2020The budget session of Punjab Assembly is highly likely to be marred by low attendance of MPAs as most of the members are reluctant to attend the proceedings due to the looming threat of COVID-19, it has been learnt. Most of the MPAs hailing from other districts are not willing to come to Lahore after […]
Defence and economy equally important for Pakistan: Shehbaz on May 29, 2020PML-N President and leader of the opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the defence and economy are equally important for Pakistan. He was speaking to PML-N leaders through video link in an event organized to mark the anniversary of Youm-e-Takbeer at party’s secretariat in Model Town on Thursday. Although Shehbaz wasn’t […]
Market timings to be rescheduled amid surge in COVID-19 cases on May 28, 2020The timings of markets and shopping malls will be rescheduled again from today across the Punjab after Eid keeping in view the surge in COVID-19 positive cases in the province. The Punjab government will issue a notification in this regard today in which new shopping timings will be mentioned. It has been learnt reliably through […]