Every Eid-ul-Adha, Pakistan transforms. Streets fill with families, cattle markets come alive for days before the festival and the air carries the particular energy of a celebration observed by tens of millions of people at once. Then comes the aftermath, and with it, one of the most demanding tests any government faces: clearing an enormous […]
Punjab Means Cleanliness This Eid
As Pakistan celebrates Eid al-Adha today, millions of families across Punjab are performing the sacred Sunnah of sacrifice with devotion and gratitude. The sounds of takbeerat echo through neighbourhoods, filled with the spirit of sharing, as people gather to fulfil a religious obligation rooted in sacrifice, obedience and compassion. Yet alongside the joy and spiritual […]
Four Million — And Counting
While much of the world continues debating how to make education accessible, affordable and inclusive, Punjab has delivered one of the most extraordinary educational transformations of recent times. In just two years, 4,014,219 deserving children have been brought into free classrooms through the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), a milestone that many developing countries have struggled […]
In the AI World, Think Beyond Machines
By the close of this decade, artificial intelligence will have quietly rewritten the rules of nearly every industry on earth. The numbers are staggering: McKinsey estimates AI could contribute up to $13 trillion to global economic output by 2030. The World Economic Forum projects that automation will displace 85 million jobs by 2025 while simultaneously […]
Punjab Is Coming Alive
Across 52 cities of Punjab, the streets are finally beginning to tell a different story. Roads that once crumbled under heavy traffic are being rebuilt. Decades-old drainage lines are being replaced. Sewerage systems are being modernized, public spaces restored and neglected neighborhoods brought back into the development map. Under the Punjab Development Plan, the provincial […]
Punjab Cleans Up With AI
Punjab has embarked on one of the most ambitious technology-driven sanitation reforms in South Asia, deploying artificial intelligence to monitor over 40,000 vehicles and 176,000 sanitation workers under its flagship “Suthra Punjab” program. This initiative represents a fundamental shift in how a developing province thinks about public service delivery – not as a bureaucratic obligation […]
Rahmat Card — a promise to Punjab’s forgotten
In Pakistan, welfare has too often meant waiting. Waiting in long queues outside government offices, waiting for a name to appear on a list that someone else controls, waiting for dignity that never quite arrives. Against this backdrop, the launch of the Chief Minister Punjab Rahmat Card on May 1, 2026, deserves more than routine […]
A ‘labourer-first’ Punjab
As Punjab marks International Labor Day on May 1, nearly 14 million workers across the province have far more to celebrate than a symbolic public holiday. Under the Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Punjab has embarked upon one of its most ambitious and comprehensive labor reform agendas in decades, one that boldly redefines labor welfare […]
Big leap in Punjab healthcare
Punjab, the beating heart of Pakistan and home to over half its population, is writing a bold new chapter in public health-one that is already transforming millions of lives. Under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, six flagship health initiatives have collectively extended services to more than 21 million patients in a remarkably short period, a […]
Wiring Punjab for tomorrow
Somewhere between the silicon corridors of San Francisco and the campuses of Shenzhen, a race is being run that most of the world has not been formally invited to join. Artificial intelligence is restructuring global markets, rewiring supply chains and concentrating wealth among nations that invested early in digital readiness. A 2025 IMF working paper […]