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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Punjab CM launches 1,000 free tractors scheme for farmers

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has formally launched the ‘CM Punjab Wheat Incentive Program’, which includes a scheme to provide 1,000 free tractors to wheat farmers. Under the Punjab free tractors scheme, 55-horsepower tractors will be given free of cost to 1,000 successful farmers, who were selected through a digital balloting process. The first tractor was awarded to Kausar Parveen, a female farmer from Bahawalnagar. CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif personally congratulated the successful farmers, including Muhammad Iqbal from Jhang and Salman Ahmed from Mandi Bahauddin. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

Maryam Nawaz launches Free Solar Panel Scheme in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has officially launched the CM Punjab Free Solar Panel Scheme, aimed at providing relief from rising electricity costs to one lakh consumers in the province. According to an official press release from CM House, the scheme is designed for electricity consumers using up to 200 units per month, enabling them to transition to solar energy without incurring any costs. Applications for the scheme can be submitted via an online portal cmsolarscheme.punjab.gov.pk or SMS, making the registration process accessible and straightforward. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Politics

Interim CM Punjab reduces burial fee in graveyards

Punjab interim Chief Minister (CM) Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday reduced the burial fee in graveyards from Rs10,000 to Rs3,500. Mr. Naqvi took notice of the increase in the prices and directed the municipal department to ensure the implementation of the direction. The provincial exchequer also granted Rs50 million to the Shehr-e-Khamoshan (graveyards) authority for burial, operational, and maintenance expenses. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Politics

PML-N unveils two names for interim CM Punjab

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday sent two names to Punjab Governor Baligh Ur Rehman for the post of the province’s caretaker chief minister, rejecting the three names suggested by Parvez Elahi. PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz has sent the names of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Establishment Ahad Cheema and senior journalist Mohsin Naqvi to the governor for consideration. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Politics

CM Punjab approves wheat supply to Balochistan

Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday approved the wheat supply to Balochistan province amid flour crisis across the country. In a statement, the Balochistan government spokesman said that CM Punjab has approved the supply of 21,000 Metric Ton wheat to Balochistan in a bid to fill the space of wheat deficit across the province. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Politics

CM Punjab lends support to Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa

On Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said that he and his party would be the first ones to defend General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa if anything further was said against the former army chief. The statement came during Elahi's unofficial conversation with journalists when he referred to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's criticism of former army chief Gen (retd) Bajwa. "I felt very bad when Khan was speaking against Gen (retd) Bajwa," Elahi said adding that the former army chief was a "benefactor" and nothing should be… Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Politics

No early elections in sight: CM Punjab

On Monday, Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said that he did not see elections taking place in the next four months. In an interview with a private news channel, he said: "Elections cannot be held before four months; the federal and provincial governments need time to work and the elections may be delayed even after October next year." Although the PML-Q leader had repeatedly said that he fully backs the PTI chief's decisions, his statement is in contrast with Khan's threats of dissolving the assembly soon. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Politics

'Logical conclusion' to PTI's foreign funding case needed: Hamza Shehbaz

On Sunday, After holding a meeting with Nawaz, former CM Punjab told journalists that all coalition government parties unanimously decided to take PTI’s prohibited funding case to its "logical conclusion". “The nation will hold the so-called Sadiq and Ameen accountable for calling others thieves and robbers,” said Shehbaz. “If Nawaz was disqualified for not taking a salary from his son then Khan is immersed in prohibited funding from head to toe,” he added. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in Politics

Pervez Elahi is now CM Punjab, rules Supreme Court

Islamabad: On Tuesday, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court declared Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari's ruling in the Punjab Chief Minister election "illegal". I also ruled that Pervez Elahi will be the new CM of the province. "Deputy speaker's ruling is illegal. There is no legal justification for the Deputy Speaker's ruling," said the Supreme Court. Read More…

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