Punjab has embarked on one of its most consequential agrarian reforms in decades, transferring long-term cultivation rights over government-owned farmland to 30,000 landless families under the Apna Khet Apna Rozgar programme. More than a simple land handout, the scheme aims to shift thousands of rural households from dependence on daily wage labour toward asset-based livelihoods, […]
Punjab jail reforms
Punjab is undertaking one of the country’s comprehensive prison reform programmes, seeking to transform correctional facilities from overcrowded places of detention into institutions that emphasize rehabilitation, education, healthcare and human dignity alongside security. Through investment in infrastructure, administrative reforms and technological innovation, the provincial government is pursuing a correctional model that aims not only to […]
Punjab’s green mobility
As cities confront the twin challenges of rapid urbanisation and environmental degradation, Punjab has adopted an integrated green mobility strategy centred on electric transportation, industrial development and sustainable urban infrastructure. The initiative goes beyond introducing cleaner vehicles; it seeks to stimulate industrial growth, generate skilled employment, reduce environmental pollution and improve urban mobility across the […]
Peace Through Preparedness
As Punjab peacefully concluded the first ten days of Muharram-ul-Haram, the province witnessed an encouraging example of how meticulous planning, administrative preparedness and public cooperation can together preserve religious sanctity while ensuring law and order. The smooth observance of Youm-e-Ashur did not happen by chance. It was the outcome of coordinated planning by the Punjab […]
Dignity for the Overlooked
The true test of democratic governance lies not in how effectively it serves the privileged, but in how compassionately it reaches those who have historically remained on the margins of society. Since assuming office in Feb 2024, Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has repeatedly emphasised that the benefits of development must extend to […]
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 […]
Punjab’s Financial Performance in 2025-26
The financial year 2025-26 marks a defining period in Punjab’s public finance management, reflecting a shift from conventional budgeting toward results-oriented governance, fiscal discipline and accelerated development spending. Under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the provincial government pursued efficient budget utilisation, enhanced revenue mobilisation, prudent expenditure management and institutional reforms to strengthen financial governance while expanding […]
184,000 heroes, one clean Punjab
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 […]