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Pakistan Observer
March 26, 2018
The proposition of PTI Vice Chairman Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi that the Punjab province should be divided into two provinces falls into the same category. Addressing a Saraikistan Solidarity Conference, he advanced illogical argument that bifurcation of the largest province of the country would help strengthenÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 26, 2018
So this will need to be revised now as continuation of the tax reforms agenda of the Punjab province. An official of the Punjab government said the tax proposals were underway. This is routine practice before budget and the government was focusing on the tax reforms while nothing was finalised yet, theÃâà...
Hindustan Times
March 25, 2018
Shahzad and Shama Masih, who were working as labourers at a brick kiln in Kot Radha Kishan, Punjab province, were attacked by a mob of around 1,000 people in November 2014 for allegedly desecrating the Quran. Shama was pregnant at the time of the incident. The couple was brutally tortured,Ãâà...
Voice of America
March 22, 2018
Rizvi, commonly known as Khadim Rizvi, is from Attock, in Punjab province. He is a Sunni Muslim and once worked as a religious cleric in a mosque in Lahore, where he used to deliver Friday sermons before prayers. He also served as a government employee in the religious affairs department of Punjab,Ãâà...
Christian News Network
March 22, 2018
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – At least seven Christian worshippers were injured in an armed attack by local Muslims on a church service on Sunday (March 18) in southern Punjab Province, Pakistan, the pastor told Morning Star News. Pastor Haleem Feroze Masih of the King Jesus Church inÃâà...
ChristianToday
March 22, 2018
Asia Bibi Reuters/Asad KarimA rare photo of Asia Bibi, sitting next to the then governor of Punjab Province Salman Taseer, who visited her in jail on November 20, 2010. Asia Bibi, a Christian who has been convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan, was reportedly jubilant after jail authorities had allowed her toÃâà...
The Hindu
March 22, 2018
A shoe was hurled at 65-year-old Khan, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that missed its target and instead landed on party leader Aleem Khan's chest, during a public rally in Gujrat city in Punjab province on March 13. Concerned over the shoe incident, PTI party workers have formed a 'bat force'Ãâà...
LatestLY
March 13, 2018
Pakistan, March 14: A shoe was hurled at Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Tuesday during a rally in Gujrat city in Pakistan's Punjab province. The shoe hit PTI leader Aleem Khan as he was standing alongside Imran Khan, reported Geo News. The PTI chief had just turned to face a differentÃâà...
Business Standard
March 12, 2018
Nearly 74 percent of blasphemy-related cases have been reported in the Punjab Province in Pakistan, according to a report by the country's Center for Social Justice (CSJ) on Monday. The report revealed that there has been an "extraordinary increase" in the number of blasphemy cases in the PunjabÃâà...
Times of India
March 12, 2018
NEW DELHI: Saying that dancing in public is an immoral act which strays from religious norms, Pakistan's Punjab province banned dancing at various school events, reported The ... District Education Officers in the Punjab province have been directed to ensure these rules are enforced in their areas.
UrduPoint News
March 4, 2018
ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 04th Mar, 2018 ):Punjab province has all the ingredients to become a popular destination for domestic as well as foreign tourists. An official of Tourism Development Corporation Punjab (TDCP) told APP that they not only provides all kind of informationÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 3, 2018
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 03rd Mar, 2018 ):Light rain with winds in various parts of the Punjab province turned weather cold and pleasant on Saturday. Rain started early in the morning with intervals which dipped the mercury. MET Department has forecast more rains in city during theÃâà...
UrduPoint News
February 27, 2018
SARGODHA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Feb, 2018 ):The Divisional Development Working Party (DDWP) has approved Rs400 million funds for four development schemes in Khushab and Mianwali districts. The DDWP meeting was presided over by Commissioner Nadeem Mehboob andÃâà...
