September 3, 2026
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has warned that the Punjab Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2026, passed on 31 August, may undermine fair-trial guarantees by letting an anonymous officer declare "special security cases" in which judges, prosecutors, witnesses and defence counsel are unnamed.
September 2, 2026
The Punjab Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning India for violating the Indus Waters Treaty, demanding strict implementation and welcoming the Court of Arbitration decision supporting Pakistan's position.
June 26, 2026
Punjab has set 18 as the minimum marriage age for both sexes, extending a reform Islamabad pioneered in 2025, even as clerics object and rights groups warn that enforcement remains the real test.
June 16, 2026
Finance Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman tabled the Maryam Nawaz government's third straight no-new-tax budget on Monday, with over Rs700bn for development and pay raises mirroring the federal 7 percent.
December 5, 2024
LAHORE: Polling for the by-election in the Punjab Assembly constituency of PP-139 Sheikhupura-IV was going on at a slow pace on Thursday (today). Voting started at 8:00 am and will continue till 5:00 pm without any interval. A public holiday has been declared in Sheikhupura district due to by-election. The PP-139 seat fell vacant following the death of Rana Afzaal Hussain on August 26, 2024, at the age of 77. He was elected to the Punjab Assembly as a PML-N candidate in April 2024 by-election defeating PTI-backed candidate Ijaz Hussain. Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all
Lahore: A significant meeting of the Standing Committee on Law Reforms and Delegated Legislation, chaired by Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, was held in the Punjab Assembly. Discussions focused on police accountability, oversight mechanisms, and modernizing the legislative process. Committee members unanimously expressed concern over the non-establishment of Public Safety and Complaints Commissions at the provincial and district levels. These commissions are a legal requirement under the Police Order 2002, yet 22 years have passed without implementation. The commissions are crucial for curbing police corruption, ensuring transparency, and protecting citizens’ rights. The committee directed the government to establish a Provincial
April 11, 2023
LAHORE: Interim CM Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has stated that if he had the money, he would have given funds for the polls in Punjab. “The federal government has to give the money,” Naqvi told The Pakistan Daily in an exclusive conversation, adding, “if i had the money, I would’ve given it.” Naqvi made these comments whilst speaking to The Pakistan Daily‘s Special Correspondent, Qamar Zaman Bhatti at the Lahore Press Club. This comes as the federal government delays approximately 20 billion rs needed for elections in Punjab. Earlier, the Supreme Court had ordered polls in Punjab on 14 May and
February 9, 2023
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Defence has excused itself from providing security for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab Assembly elections and the by-elections of 93 National Assembly constituencies. The defence ministry’s response came after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) requested the interior ministry to seek assistance from the armed forces to provide security cover during the elections. In its letter to the interior ministry, the Defence Ministry apologised that it could not provide the static deployment of rangers and Frontier Corps for the upcoming by-elections, as, according to them, the deployment of the armed forces was not feasible. The defence
January 12, 2023
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has obtained the vote of confidence from the Punjab Assembly during a special session of the provincial assembly in the wee hours of Thursday. Days after the political turmoil in Punjab heightened last month when the ruling coalition in the centre decided to remove CM Elahi in a bid to stop the dissolution of the assembly, polling for Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi s vote of confidence was held at the Punjab Assembly. Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan chaired the session in which PTI leader and Member Punjab Assembly Mian Aslam Iqbal tabled a
December 23, 2022
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly will meet under the chair of Speaker Sibtain Khan today to discuss the ongoing political crisis over the non-confidence motion against Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi. The session will be conducted as a private day member because of the absence of the provincial government. It is expected that a resolution jointly framed by the PTI and the PML-Q against the order issued by the Punjab government would be presented before the house. A day earlier, Governor Rehman de-notified Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, stating that it was believed the CM did not have the confidence of the
Editor — Hamza Azhar Salam · Write to us with suggestions or tips
October 26, 2026
The Pakistan Daily
October 26, 2026
Frontpage.dev
Frontpage.dev