Two different announcements about driver health checks in Lahore are being mixed up in conversation, and the confusion matters. One is a working facility from June 2026: free medical fitness counters at government hospitals. The other is a proposal from October 2026: mandatory medical and psychological fitness certificates for drivers. This guide keeps them separate…
After you apply for a driving licence in Punjab, the hardest part is the wait. You do not need to visit a licensing office just to ask where your card has reached. DLIMS licence tracking lets you follow your application from home, using only your CNIC number, on the official Driving License Issuance Management System…
BISP has changed how its quarterly money reaches women beneficiaries. Instead of depending only on designated payment centres, payments are now credited to a digital wallet linked to a free Benazir SIM, and the money can be withdrawn from an authorised retailer of a partner bank in any city. This is the new BISP digital…
Many families believe that BISP 8171 new registration means filling an online form, but that is not how the programme works. There is no online registration for the Benazir Income Support Programme. A household joins the programme through a free in-person survey, called the NSER dynamic survey, and eligibility is then decided by a poverty…
For years, pensioners had to visit a bank twice a year, in March and September, to prove they were alive before their pension could continue. That system has now changed. Under new standard operating procedures from the Finance Division, a Punjab pensioner life certificate is no longer collected by banks at all. Life verification is…
If your paper electricity bill has not arrived, or you have misplaced it, you do not need to visit a MEPCO office to get another copy. A MEPCO duplicate bill is simply your current bill viewed, saved or printed from the official online system, and it is accepted for payment at banks, post offices and…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved fresh applications under the Apni Chhat Apna Ghar housing scheme, opening the door for more low-income families across the province to apply for an interest-free home loan. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister on 3 November 2026 to review the programme’s…
UAE dirham rate in Pakistan today, 3 November 2026, starts from the State Bank of Pakistan’s closing of Rs 75.34 per dirham. According to the State Bank’s Monday rates, the dirham remained unchanged on 2 November 2026, while the US dollar closed at Rs 276.72 and the Saudi riyal eased 1 paisa to Rs 73.73….
Saudi riyal rate in Pakistan today, 3 November 2026, starts from the State Bank of Pakistan’s closing of Rs 73.73 per riyal. According to the State Bank’s Monday rates, the Saudi riyal came down by 1 paisa on 2 November 2026, while the US dollar closed at Rs 276.72 and the UAE dirham stayed unchanged…
Dollar rate in Pakistan today, 3 November 2026, starts from the State Bank of Pakistan’s interbank closing of Rs 276.72 per US dollar. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan, the rupee appreciated by 3 paisa against the US dollar in interbank trading on Monday, 2 November 2026, closing at Rs 276.72 compared with the…