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Punjab State Lottery SAMBAD SATURDAY (April 04, 2026) LIVE: The Punjab government launched the Punjab State Lottery as part of a larger national effort to control lottery operations in India. Lotteries were frequently operated privately prior to regulation, which resulted in fraud and a lack of transparency. The Indian government passed the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 in order to address this. This law gave state governments the authority to legally hold lotteries under stringent guideline ...Read More >
LAHORE - The Punjab government has officially announced that all public and private schools in the province will now operate on a four-day week. The School Education Department has issued a notification in this regard, stating that that schools will remain closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with classes running from Monday to Thursday. "Pursuant to approval of the Competent Authority, it is hereby notified that all notified that all public and private schools across Punjab shall remain of ...Read More >
LAHORE - Punjab is again facing smog crisis, raising fears of potential school closures and early winter vacations just like last year. As Met Office issued warning about rapidly worsening smog across the province, with Lahore experiencing particularly hazardous conditions. Persistent dry weather is driving pollution levels higher, and experts predict the situation will deteriorate further in the coming days. Lahore has been named the world's most polluted city, with a dangerously high Air Qual ...Read More >
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has formally withdrawn the schedule for Punjab's local government elections, confirming The Express Tribune's earlier report that the passage of the Punjab Local Government Act 2025 would once again derail grassroots democracy in the province. In a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, the ECP reviewed the situation arising from the new law's enactment. Members of the commission, along with the secretary and senior ...Read More >
The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has decided to expand its jurisdiction to 30 districts by October 30 and received approval in principle of Chief Minister Maryan Nawaz to recruit 130 enforcement officers. Giving a briefing on tax targets and potential new sectors in a meeting chaired by the chief minister, PRA Director General Moazzam Ali Sipra said the Punjab government was taking effective measures to increase revenue by establishing a special unit. He said the unit would include tax consul ...Read More >
New Delhi: A new alliance that is in the making threatens to rattle the Pakistan establishment, which is already facing humiliation on multiple fronts. Bringing together several religious groups in Pakistan, including the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the alliance, known as the Ahl-e-Sunnah Pakistan, is threatening the establishment of severe consequences if their demands relating to the Muridke massacre are not met. The TLP has been in the news after its cadres were massacred in Muridke b ...Read More >
LAHORE/SRINAGAR (Reuters) -Pakistan's eastern towns of Chiniot and Hafizabad face a risk of catastrophic floods if an irrigation barrage crumbles on a major river upstream after heavy rains swelled it beyond capacity, officials warned on Thursday. Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan are battling torrential monsoon rains that have unleashed flash floods, swelled rivers and filled dams, with 60 deaths this month in Indian Kashmir, and Pakistan's toll at 805 since late June. Any flooding ...Read More >
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