Besides of establishing a Ramadan package, the Punjab government of Shahbaz Sharif has come hard on the hoarders of sugar. The government has issued orders to take punitive actions against those sugar millers and traders, who have not been releasing the stock despite their commitment, causing a massive hike in the commodity price nationwide.
Not only [...]
South Punjab is increasingly a focus of attention. It has been something of a backwater for decades and some may think that little has changed there since the State of Bahawalpur merged into the “One-Unit” in 1955. There has been consistent underinvestment by successive governments; and international NGOs and development agencies have largely ignored it. [...]
On the sidelines of other issues, voices are being heard from the under-developed areas of the provinces about the division of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan into more provinces. That demand is not absurd or preposterous. Countries like Turkey, England, even in India and many others have followed the same pattern and have solved many administrative [...]
As the world focusses on the FATA and Swat regions of Pakistan, and the Balochi areas of Quetta, Pashin and the Noshki are also not hidden from the world’s flashlight anymore, there is very serious and looming threat just standing at the door of the Southern areas of Punjab province of Pakistan, which borders with [...]
After eight years, seven months and twenty six days, Punjab’s eight crore people have once again got their favorite chief minister back. Shahbaz Sharif is the true tiger of the Punjab, he has proved it before, and he is all poised to do it again. Shahbaz Sharif has been in the Punjab Assembly since 1990 [...]
