Punjab
Japan to provide job opportunities to Pakistani freelancers trained under the E-Rozgaar Program
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E-Rozgaar Training Program, an initiative of Youth Affairs and Sports Department Punjab and Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), would be working with the Japanese government’s…
Punjab govt to promote chip technology in nine universities
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The government of Punjab will be promoting advanced chip technology in nine universities of the province in order to bolster efforts towards its implementation. As…
Punjab approves new business centre that will provide employment to 500k locals
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The government of Punjab has approved the establishment of a multi-purpose business centre at the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park under the management of Punjab Industrial Estates…
Punjab to establish career counselling centres for students
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Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun has said that career counselling centres will be set up within the province’s educational institutions to effectively…
Punjab to become first province to buy gene sequencing tech to track COVID-19 variants
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Punjab is set to become the first province in the country to acquire a genome sequencing machine for the purpose of identifying the new strains…
Ravi Riverfront Project bags foreign investment worth $8bn to develop “world’s largest riverfront modern city”
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Touted to become the world’s largest riverfront modern city upon completion, the highly-anticipated Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRUDP) has managed to attract foreign investment…
‘International-standard’ bus terminals to be built in Punjab’s major cities
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The Chief Minister of Punjab, Usman Buzdar, held a meeting in the provincial capital to review the quality of public transport in the province. The…
Punjab Tourism App was downloaded more than 10 thousand times in the last 24 hours
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On World Tourism Day, Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar launched a tourism app dedicated to Punjab to revive the almost dying tourism sector of…
ePay Punjab has successfully processed more than a million transactions
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ePay Punjab has successfully processed more than a million transactions and has collected overall revenue of PKR 5 billion as of 31st August 2020. The…
Punjab Government reduces tax on ride-hailing services by bringing them into sales tax net
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In the new Financial Bill 2020, the Government of Punjab has created a new category in the sales tax net for ride-hailing services. Previously, ride-hailing…
Punjab police plans on deploying drones to catch kite flyers
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With kite flying experiencing a sudden surge in popularity during these times of quarantine, the Punjab Police has decided to crack down on all responsible…
Air quality breaches ‘hazardous’ levels in Punjab, Amnesty International
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The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has pointed out that air quality levels in certain areas of Punjab have exceeded hazardous levels. In a statement…
Punjab govt to launch a monitoring system to improve service delivery at land record centers
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Just after successfully launching online issuance of record of ownership earlier this year in March, the Punjab Land Records Authority (PLRA) is now planning to…
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