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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 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.
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.
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.
3,900 children registered HIV-positive in 18 months, National Assembly told
Sindh recorded 1,915 cases and Punjab 1,765, the health minister's written reply says, with Gilgit-Baltistan reporting one.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Maryam Nawaz unveils ten-point package for Punjab farmers
Zero-markup loans up to Rs10 million, a dedicated Apna Kisan Bank and assured wheat procurement at Rs4,500 head the announcements made to farmer representatives.
Toxic smog returns to Lahore as air quality hits dangerous levels
Dunya News reports a high alert over pollution in the city while The Express Tribune says the smog has returned, with neither report carrying air quality figures.
Punjab begins Phase 2 e-bike distribution for students on November 5
More than 125,000 bikes will go to students across all 36 districts under a three-year interest-free plan with a Rs90,000 subsidy on each.
Lahore judge recuses himself from bail plea in Azeri woman case
Judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal referred the matter to the Lahore High Court after the suspect's lawyer sought an exemption from personal appearance.
Lahore smog pushes AQI to 358 as outlets differ on world ranking
Daily Pakistan called Lahore the world's most polluted city while The Express Tribune ranked it third, with neither outlet's full report available.
Punjab tests satellite-guided irrigation across 13.3 million kanals
The ADB-backed module advises canal managers on water releases using satellite crop-deficit estimates, and its third phase closed at a LUMS workshop.
Cyber crime agency holds awareness sessions in Gilgit and three Punjab cities
The sessions, ordered by NCCIA Director General Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, covered online fraud and cyber harassment, but the agency did not say how many students attended.
Maryam announces Rasul teaching hospital, medical college admissions from January 2027
Addressing a laptop and scholarship ceremony in Mandi Bahauddin, the Punjab chief minister said e-bikes will be distributed from November 5, pink ones for girls.
Reports put Balochistan's share of farm loans between 1.1pc and 4.56pc
Two outlets give sharply different figures for the province's slice of agricultural credit, with Punjab taking more than 83 per cent in both accounts.
Punjab approves outsourcing of 6,460 more government schools
The fourth phase brings 600 high schools into the programme for the first time and shuts schools with 100 or fewer pupils.
One worker killed, six injured as Multan plaza roof collapses
Rescue 1122 says eight labourers were trapped under the rubble; seven were recovered and the search for the eighth continued.
Maryam declares patronage over in Punjab, vows law will reach offenders
Speaking at a laptop and scholarship ceremony in Mandi Bahauddin, the Punjab chief minister questioned bail in an assault case and said she would raise sentencing with the Lahore High Court
Twelve injured as mob attacks food safety team in Muzaffargarh
Police say two station house officers were among the wounded and some personnel were briefly held hostage during a crackdown on sellers of unsafe milk.
National literacy rate climbs to 63 per cent as Punjab leads provinces
Express News reports Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa both at 58 per cent but ranked second and third, with urban literacy at 74 per cent against 55 per cent in rural areas.
Maryam Nawaz ties industrial growth to job creation at investment review
Meeting with PM's adviser Haroon Akhtar reviewed ease-of-doing-business reforms, with a briefing citing Rs70 billion in interest-free loans under the Asaan Karobar scheme.
Lahore second on global pollution index as Punjab smog builds
IQAir's live tracker put Lahore at AQI 199 on Monday, while Punjab EPA readings cited by the Express Tribune ranged from 35 in Nankana Sahib to 210 in Pakpattan.
Punjab sets up first orchards for trees moved by development
Three Faisalabad parks have taken in 352 of 795 identified trees, with the horticulture authority relocating the remaining 443 under 2026 transplantation rules.
Gunmen shoot dead Gujranwala bride on walima day; suspects at large
Dawn reports the killing was allegedly carried out by a jilted suitor, while CCTV footage obtained by ARY News shows two men on a motorcycle stopping her car.
Minister says Sambrial-Kharian motorway to cut Lahore-Rawalpindi trip by 100km
Aleem Khan told the Lahore Chamber of Commerce that the new link will save over an hour, but gave no completion date or cost for the project.
