The federal government has announced a major relief for wheat farmers. The wheat support price 2026-27 has been fixed at Rs 4,500 per 40 kilograms, up Rs 1,000 from the previous Rs 3,500 benchmark. The announcement was made on 23 October 2026 and was reported by Radio Pakistan, citing the Prime Minister’s Office. With wheat…
Lahore’s air turned hazardous again this week. On the morning of Thursday 29 October 2026, Lahore’s Air Quality Index touched 419 on the IQAir scale, while the Punjab Environment Protection Department’s own dashboard recorded 324 — both in the hazardous band. Parents and students are asking the same question: are schools closed? This Punjab smog…
Punjab took the formal first step of its biggest economic plan in years on Friday, 30 October 2026, when Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched the Punjab Innovation for Value, Opportunity and Transformation (PIVOT) programme in Lahore. The launch ceremony brought together the State Bank governor, the Pakistan Business Council, investors and leading industrialists, and…
For a small shopkeeper, a tailor, a freelancer or a home-based business owner, the CM Punjab Asaan Karobar Card was designed to be the simplest business loan in the province: up to Rs 1 million, interest-free, repayable over three years, issued as a digital card through the Bank of Punjab. But there is one fact…
Lahore is the pilot city for Punjab’s first electric taxi programme. Under the CM Punjab E-Taxi Scheme, 1,100 electric taxis are being distributed in the first phase — 1,000 to fleet owners and 100 to individual drivers — on interest-free instalments, with the government covering the markup, vehicle registration and token tax. Backed by Rs…
Punjab is about to take its electric bus service to the tehsil level. The provincial cabinet has approved the deployment of 1,500 electric buses across 91 tehsils, with the service scheduled to begin in January 2027. It is the biggest expansion of public transport in the province in years — and for residents of smaller…
The CM Punjab Free Solar Panel Scheme remains one of the most searched programmes in Punjab, and for good reason: the government promised up to 100,000 free solar systems to low-consumption households. But as October 2026 ends, the question most families are asking has changed. It is no longer how to apply — it is…
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…