Province
Punjab
Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan and the province where more than half the country lives.
Fakhar Zaman's 127 sets up Pakistan's tri-series final win
Pakistan chased 326 with nine balls to spare at Gaddafi Stadium after losing Babar Azam for a five-ball duck inside the first four overs.
One dead, 14 injured in Sialkot mehndi ceremony stampede
Crowd surged when gates opened at Faraz Cricket Ground on Daska Road, where TikToker Muhammad Ansar Jatt was to give away 50 motorcycles, a car and cash.
Punjab Assembly speaker rejects unilateral suspension of Indus Waters Treaty
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan says the treaty's status must be decided under international law, as Dunya News reports the attorney general vowing to continue the legal fight with India.
Punjab healthcare commission makes uniforms mandatory for hospital staff
Doctors will wear blue, paramedical staff green and laboratory workers white coats under directives issued under Section 4(2)(o) of the PHC Act 2010
Smog returns to Punjab as Multan air quality index hits 434
Gujranwala recorded 347 and Lahore 294 as winter smog set in, with four other Punjab cities staying above 200 on the index.
Punjab crop-fire detections 4.2 times Indian Punjab's, satellite data shows
Okara, Gujranwala and Nankana Sahib alone logged more hotspots than all of Indian Punjab, as Lahore's air quality index reached 232.
Khawaja Asif says India admitted defeat in recent conflict
Speaking in Sialkot, the defence minister said Pakistan fought an enemy five times its size and that this time the result was not open to interpretation.
Gujranwala bride-killing suspect dies in alleged CCD encounter
Sarfraz, wanted for shooting Saba on their wedding day on 24 October, was wounded on Mado Khalil Road and died on the way to hospital, CCD sources say
RDA paid senior officer Rs31,980 for medicines on 2022 prescription
Express News reported that the private hospital which wrote the prescription is not on the authority's approved list, and that internal audit cleared the bill.
Safdar's remarks on women draw criticism, Maryam Nawaz calls episode heartbreaking
The Punjab chief minister's husband told a Khatm-e-Nubuwwat conference in Chiniot that a woman who questioned him would not control her own body had she studied at a seminary.
Maryam Nawaz launches Rs1,995.3bn Punjab export plan
The PIVOT plan for 2026-29 targets $6.8 billion in extra exports and 162,000 direct jobs, with Rs300 billion in concessional loans for industry.
Maryam Nawaz launches Rs1.99 trillion Punjab economic plan
The PIVOT plan for 2026-29 pairs Rs1,089 billion of public money with a Rs906 billion private investment target and offers Rs300 billion in cheap loans to industry.
Pakistan Railways rolls out new 20-coach Karakoram Express rake
The Lahore-Karachi service, to be run by a private operator, offers four classes and leaves both cities daily at 3:00pm.
Punjab approves Rs1.10bn for CT scanners at three hospitals
The government has not named the three public hospitals, given a purchase timetable or said how the Rs1.10 billion will be divided between them.
Maryam vows to resign if one rupee of corruption proven
Punjab chief minister says bribe-taking officials are being dismissed and that investment cannot arrive without peace and stability.
Lahore AI traffic signal rollout stalls on Rs580m funding gap
TEPA says only Rs10 million has been released this fiscal year for a project approved at more than Rs590 million, with about 30 percent of the work done.
LHC rules IRIS upload alone does not count as legal service
A division bench decides three connected tax references led by a taxpayer whose appeals the appellate tribunal had dismissed as time-barred.
Punjab adds Rs5bn for stroke care and 15 new centres
Maryam Nawaz says the money will widen treatment beyond the province's 40 stroke centres, with heart transplants due soon at the Jinnah Institute of Cardiology.
Punjab launches app to monitor 60,015 schools
The School Education Department says one login will replace separate oversight by SED, PEIMA and PEF staff across the province.
Sahiwal books 294 farmers for water theft in five months
The Lower Bari Doab Canal executive engineer says the provincial government ordered strict action, while Bahawalpur's deputy commissioner has separately ordered joint field operations against canal water theft.
Lahore to suspend permits, licences of smoke-emitting vehicles
Chief Traffic Officer Syed Abdul Rahim Shirazi says 9,998 tickets have been issued to smoke-emitting vehicles and 233,476 for overloading in the current drive.
UHS Lahore cuts HSSC marks for allied health admissions to 50%
The 96th Syndicate meeting also approved five new PhD programmes and 1,100 additional evening seats at 18 public-sector nursing colleges in Punjab.
Kasur family dies after eating kheer; death toll disputed
Rescue teams shifted the family from Kanganpur to Lahore hospitals after they fell ill; a lizard is suspected in the dish but no cause is officially confirmed.
Five killed, 40 injured as Lahore-Chiniot bus falls into drain
Aaj News reports the bus went out of control while turning a curve near Kot Nakka; a crane was used to lift it out and some passengers are unaccounted for.
LPG sells at Rs 550 a kilo in Punjab despite Rs 280 rate
Express News quotes retailers saying Ogra has moved against shops but not against plant owners who charge above Rs 525 per kilogram.
Lahore police arrest 65 in anti-smog operations, register 37 cases
UrduPoint reported the two totals but gave no locations, legal sections or details of the allegations, and no named police officer was quoted.
LPG falls Rs 50 a kg in Lahore but stays double Ogra rate
Dealers expect a further drop as fresh stocks arrive, yet consumers pay Rs 550 a kg against the Rs 279.34 rate fixed by the regulator.
Imran Khan's sister Noreen Niazi moved from jail to Lahore cardiac hospital
Her lawyer says the 70-year-old was shifted without the family being told, while PTI sources say blood tests are under way at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
Punjab bans open-air drone flights for 30 days over security
The home department notification exempts intelligence and law-enforcement agencies and allows written clearance for farm, irrigation and research flights through district committees.
Woman needs second surgery after towel left in abdomen at Chunian hospital
Punjab's chief minister and the Kasur deputy commissioner have taken notice as two outlets report an inquiry into alleged medical negligence.