For a factory worker or a shop employee in Punjab, Rs3,000 a month for groceries may not sound large, but over a year it means Rs36,000 of help with the kitchen budget. That is exactly what the Maryam Nawaz Rashan Card delivers: a monthly grocery subsidy for workers registered with Punjab’s social security system. The…
Diesel is expensive, electricity bills keep rising, and loadshedding often strikes right when crops need water. For Punjab’s farmers, the answer the government is pushing is the sun. The CM Punjab Solar Tube Well Scheme converts diesel and electric tubewells to solar power, cutting irrigation costs to a fraction of what farmers pay today. According…
Every district of Punjab is set to get its own Parks and Horticulture Authority, under a province-wide plan approved by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on 9 October 2026. The decision takes organised parks, greenbelts and plantation drives beyond the big cities and into every district, with a second phase planned for every tehsil. The Punjab…
Punjab is home to some of the most famous pink salt in the world, yet for decades most of it left the country as raw material while other countries earned the real profit from finished products. That picture is now changing. On 1 October 2026, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz launched the Pink Salt Value Addition…
Punjab has taken a major step towards specialised healthcare in its capital, with the Provincial Development Working Party approving the establishment of the Nawaz Sharif Medical District in Lahore at an estimated cost of Rs18.786 billion. The approval came at the PDWP’s 11th meeting of the current financial year, chaired by Planning and Development Board…
Rural patients in Punjab are set for a major upgrade in the care available close to home. The provincial government has decided to transform 300 Maryam Nawaz Hospitals, formerly known as Rural Health Centres, into fully-fledged hospitals, while directing the recruitment of 40,000 doctors and allied health professionals across the province. The decisions were taken…
Thousands of deserving families in Punjab are about to see one of the province’s most popular welfare programmes reach a new milestone. The Punjab Dhee Rani Programme will begin its collective marriage ceremonies in Lahore on 12 November 2026, with 5,000 deserving couples set to benefit across the province during the current financial year. The…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif distributed stroke cards at Lahore General Hospital on Thursday, 29 October 2026, and announced Rs5 billion for stroke treatment, with funds to be transferred immediately so no patient’s treatment stops for lack of money. The ceremony rolled out free, time-critical stroke care under the existing Chief Minister’s Stroke Programme…
Punjab’s farmers received one of the biggest financing announcements of the year on 28 October 2026, when Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced the province’s first Apna Kisan Bank along with a Rs17 billion subsidised agricultural loan package. The announcement was made during a meeting with representatives of small, medium and large farming communities from across…
Before you dream about a plot, you must know whether you even qualify for one. The Apni Zameen Apna Ghar eligibility 2026 rules were made for homeless families of Punjab, but not every applicant could enter the balloting, because the government set six clear conditions, checked every file through scrutiny, and only then allowed eligible…