When an accident, fire or medical emergency happens in Punjab, one number connects the caller to help: 1122. Rescue 1122 Punjab is the province’s integrated emergency service, set up under the Punjab Emergency Service Act 2006 and now working in all districts of the province. This guide explains what the service covers, how to call,…
Under the Chief Minister’s Punjab Clean Air Programme, rice growers sowing with a super seeder can claim a rental subsidy of Rs 5,000 per acre, up to a maximum of Rs 25,000 per farmer. The Super Seeder Subsidy Punjab scheme is designed to stop farmers from burning rice stubble after harvest, a practice that badly…
A Police Khidmat Markaz is Punjab Police’s one-window centre for police documents and registrations, without a police station visit. The centres offer 14 services, five free, and police say 37.59 million citizens were served in 2026. This guide explains the services, official fees, tracking process and free services. Item Detail Service centres Police Khidmat Markaz,…
On 1 November 2026, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved a new CM Language Learning Programme under which courses in 13 languages will be offered for the first time in the province. The decision came at a special meeting on skills training, where the Chief Minister also set a target of training one million…
Punjab’s free medicine programme for blood cancer patients has suffered a serious disruption, with 5,000 registered patients unable to collect medicines from five designated hospitals for three months. The Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) programme, running since 2014, provides four kinds of free cancer medicines monthly, but a bidding delay stopped distribution. Patients have been forced…
Punjab’s skills training drive is reaching groups often left out of mainstream employment programmes, with training completed for 2,474 transgender people under Pehchaan and Umeed, and a target to train 10,000 persons with disabilities under Umeed. The figures were shared at a skills meeting chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on 1 November 2026….
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated 127 development projects in Attock on 3 November 2026, including 59 road construction and rehabilitation schemes worth Rs23 billion. The projects were inaugurated during her visit to the district, where she also distributed laptops and Honhaar Scholarships to students at COMSATS University, Attock. Officials said 850 kilometres of…
Punjab has provided more than Rs37 billion for free medical treatment of patients suffering from serious diseases, Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique said on 4 November 2026 while reviewing the province’s special health programmes. The money covers heart disease, cancer, stroke, kidney failure, children’s heart surgery and transplants at selected hospitals. Hospitals have been…
Fresh graduates looking for a first professional step now have a clear opportunity to consider: the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has announced a paid internship offering a monthly stipend of Rs 60,000. With fifteen positions, a duration of up to six months, and no prior experience required, the programme is aimed at young…
Cash withdrawals through the new Benazir Income Support Programme digital wallet system are moving closer for many beneficiaries, with a shared update reporting cash-out arrangements for six of the fifteen clusters. The update names Habib Bank, Bank of Punjab, Bank Alfalah, and three microfinance partners, and suggests the service may be expected from next week….