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…
Every worker in Lahore, Kasur and Sheikhupura is asking the same question: when will the mobile hospital come to our industrial area? The Social Security mobile health units industrial visit 2026 programme has raised real hope, because it promises checkups, tests and medicines at the workplace itself. This article gives you the honest position on…
Shopkeepers in Lahore are asking the same questions again and again: how much is the fine for littering, what happens if the front of a shop is left dirty, and is burning waste really punished with jail? The Suthra Punjab fine list 2026 answers those questions, but only if you read the current Lahore e-challan…
If you applied for a subsidised tractor this year, one question matters more than any other: did your name come up in the draw? The Green Tractor Scheme Phase IV result check 2026 is the step every applicant in Punjab is now searching for, because the balloting for this round has already taken place and…