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  • Special children of prison officers, officials to get scholarships

    Special children of prison officers, officials to get scholarships

    Scholarships have been approved for special children of officers and officials of the Prisons Department of Punjab.

    The initiative has been approved by Punjab Home Department, on the instructions of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz. Each child will receive a scholarship of Rs 72,000.

    The scholarship will be awarded annually by the Punjab Prisons Foundation.

    Special children will be eligible for the scholarship once a year until they reach the age of eighteen years.

    It will require a physical disability certificate and enrollment in a special education institution.

    The Prisons Department has also been instructed to submit the cases of all eligible candidates to the Prisons Foundation by August 14.

  • Mobile phone services to remain shut in some areas of Punjab

    Mobile phone services to remain shut in some areas of Punjab

    Punjab government has decided that cellphone services would remain partially suspended on the 9th and 10th of Muharram in different parts of the province.


    The spokesperson for the Punjab Home Department says cellular services would be suspended only in the surrounding areas of processions and Majalis.
    “Mobile services will be partially suspended in Gujranwala, Narowal, Toba Tek Singh, Bhakkar, Mandi Bahauddin, Wazirabad, Rajanpur, Faisalabad, Bahawalnagar, Hafizabad, Gujrat, DG Khan and Jhang.”


    However, the spokesperson clarified that cellular services will not be completely suspended in any city of the province.


    In a bid to ensure safety of the citizens, the partial suspension of mobile signals will continue from 8am till 10pm during the 9th and 10th of Muharram, he added.


    The spokesperson informed that cellular network services will be suspended at 28 locations in Rawalpindi, 15 locations in Rahim Yar Khan, 11 locations in Mianwali and Bahawalpur.


    Meanwhile, the services will remain suspended at 10 places in Layyah, seven places in Muzaffargarh and six places in Nankana Sahib.


    The cellular service would remain active in Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Sargodha, Khushab, Sialkot, Attock, Jhelum, Chakwal, Multan, Khanewal, Lodhran, Vehari, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Okara and Chiniot, the official statement asserted.

  • Punjab govt to give solar panels to households using 50-500 units

    Punjab govt to give solar panels to households using 50-500 units

    Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has approved the provision of solar panels to households consuming 50 to 500 units of electricity monthly under the provincial government’s “Roshan Gharana Programme.”

    The Chief Minister presided over a meeting of the Energy Department on Monday, saying, “The Punjab government will provide solar systems to crores of consumers consuming electricity from 50 to 500 units, and 90 percent of the solar panels’ cost will be paid by the provincial government and 10 percent by consumers.”

    Furthermore, she also said that the government will not leave people alone in difficult situations. “Programme beneficiaries will pay the government-provided amount in easy instalments in five years,” she stated.

    “Through a transparent procedure, solar systems will be given to the poorest families in phase-I”, the Chief Minister clarified.

  • Rain emergency declared in Rawalpindi as heavy downpours lash Punjab

    Rain emergency declared in Rawalpindi as heavy downpours lash Punjab

    Following heavy downpours of rain in various cities of Punjab, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, and Jhelum, many areas experienced power outages.

    Rawalpindi imposed a rain emergency on the garrison city.

    Torrential rains in several Punjab cities caused water accumulation on highways and roads in Lahore and Gujranwala. Rainwater also entered the ward of Gujranwala’s Medical College Teaching Hospital.

    Power supply was disrupted due to 100 feeder trips during heavy late-night rains, resulting in power outages in many areas.

    In Rawalpindi, water levels reached five feet at Katarian in Nala Lai and four feet at Golmandi bridge, prompting the declaration of rain emergency.

    The Meteorological Department recorded over 30 mm of rain in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

    Intermittent rain continued in various cities of Azad Kashmir, including Samahni, Mirpur, Dadyal, Jatlan, and Mangla.

    The Meteorological Department forecasts intermittent rain, strong winds, and thunderstorms today in different areas of Azad Kashmir, Islamabad, Upper and Central Punjab, Northeastern Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

    It warned of possible flooding in mountain streams until July 7.

    The department also warned of urban flooding in Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Narowal, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Peshawar, and landslides in the hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to heavy rains.

  • Students tayyar raho, Matric result just few days away

    Students tayyar raho, Matric result just few days away

    The matric results of all nine educational boards in Punjab will be announced on Tuesday, July 9, at 10 a.m.


    All the Boards in Punjab will establish results through two channels:


    Students with internet access are advised to check their results online on the respective Board’s website. Those without internet access can check their results through their mobile phones by sending their roll numbers via message to a specific “board code.”


    The code of all the boards are given as follows:


    Faisalabad’s code is 800240.
    The code for Dera Ghazi Khan is 800295
    Gujranwala: 800299.
    Rawalpindi’s code number is 800296.
    Lahore: 800291
    Bahawalpur: 800298.
    Sargodha’s code number is 800290.
    Sahiwal is at 800292.
    The code number for Multan is 800293


    There are nine Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education, each covering a different district

  • Saturday will be off in Punjab govt schools

    Saturday will be off in Punjab govt schools

    Two weekly holidays have been announced in the government schools of Punjab, after which there will be two days off on Saturday and Sunday.

    Punjab Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat said that public schools in Punjab will have holidays on Saturday and Sunday.

    He said that due to the teachers’ high workload, they decided to take Saturday off, while daily teaching hours in schools will be extended from Monday to Friday.

    He said Saturday will be used for teacher training, capacity building and other matters.

    Rana Sikandar Hayat further said that problems related to teachers’ promotions will also be solved soon, and the regularization plan for 14 thousand AEOs and SSEs is coming very soon.

  • Punjab govt to launch digital school on wheels

    Punjab govt to launch digital school on wheels

    Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has announced the initiation of the Digital School on Wheels project in Punjab during a meeting with delegations from IT companies. Under the initiative, 1000 teachers from government schools will receive free digital courses.

    A delegation from Google for Education also expressed interest in supporting Punjab’s first official autism school project. Google for Education is said to offer free certification courses for 15,000 university students.

    CM Punjab asserted that a positive societal change cannot occur without reconstructing the education system. The government is committed to enhancing the system by addressing its shortcomings.

  • Excess fare collected refunded to riders in historic first

    Excess fare collected refunded to riders in historic first

    The administration Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz conducted a grand operation across the province to reduce transport fares, and reportedly, for the first time in Punjab, excess charges were returned to the passengers.

    According to the spokesman of the Punjab government, a total amount of 1,467,921 rupees was returned to the riders.

    A fine of 27,08,405 rupees was imposed on the transporters who charged more than the official rate. On the day before the grand operation, rates for 3,220 vehicles, passenger tickets, and number of rides were checked.

    1,448 vehicles were also fined for violation, while 354 vehicles were halted, while nine cases were registered against those who collected rent in excess of the prescribed rate.

  • Maryam Nawaz to award prizes to cleaning staff on Eid: Azma Bukhari

    Maryam Nawaz to award prizes to cleaning staff on Eid: Azma Bukhari

    Provincial Information Minister of Punjab, Azma Bukhari, has said that Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is personally overseeing the cleaning campaign in Punjab and has instructed officials to award cleaners.

    She added that the ‘Saaf Suthra Punjab’ campaign was successfully conducted throughout the province. Litter was promptly cleared within one hour from all sacrificial sites, and waste management staff were provided with food for Eid ul Azha.

    The provincial Information Minister, Ali Amin Gandapur, criticized the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for focusing on threats rather than cleanliness. She expressed disappointment that he continued to spread hatred even on Eid day. She invited him to Lahore, asserting that they would demonstrate effective garbage removal methods.

  • PPP promises to make efforts in withdrawal of Punjab defamation law

    PPP promises to make efforts in withdrawal of Punjab defamation law

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza said on Monday that his party will play its role in the “withdrawal” of the controversial Defamation Bill, 2024.

    Murtaza told journalists in Lahore, “PPP was neither taken on board regarding the Punjab defamation law nor budget preparations, adding that the party’s legal team will work on the controversial legislation and will try to convince the provincial government to withdraw the bill.

    Murtaza expressed concerns about the controversial legislation: “PPP was never willing to be part of that legislation.”

    The provincial government planned the foreign visit of Governor Punjab before presenting the controversial bill in the assembly, he clarified, telling journalists about this.