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Punjab Airlines will start operations in April

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif herself will use Punjab Airlines aircraft, no separate special aircraft will be purchased for her
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I don't support her but this is commendable. A first for a sitting CM. PMLN is not without its controversies and flaws but MN is taking both the party and the country in the right direction.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
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Punjab Airlines will start operations in April

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif herself will use Punjab Airlines aircraft, no separate special aircraft will be purchased for her
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I don't support her but this is commendable. A first for a sitting CM. PMLN is not without its controversies and flaws but MN is taking both the party and the country in the right direction.
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This is robbery in the guise of development. This sort of stuff should be left to private entities and corporations. The government should be governing. I have not seen this nonsense in any other progressive country of the world.

Typically it happens in Pakistan for kickbacks. The rumor is this airlines bought on luxury jet which is more than the amount the whole PIA was recently sold off for. I let those with intelligence here figure out themselves what really happened under the table here.
 
Stewie said:
This is robbery in the guise of development. This sort of stuff should be left to private entities and corporations. The government should be governing. I have not seen this nonsense in any other progressive country of the world.

Typically it happens in Pakistan for kickbacks. The rumor is this airlines bought on luxury jet which is more than the amount the whole PIA was recently sold off for. I let those with intelligence here figure out themselves what really happened under the table here.
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I am well aware that we have a corruption problem and across political parties we have this issue of corruption lest we forget our ex PM is in jail for corruption among other charges. That doesn't mean we cannot appreciate a good initiative when we see it.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
I am well aware that we have a corruption problem and across political parties we have this issue of corruption lest we forget our ex PM is in jail for corruption among other charges. That doesn't mean we cannot appreciate a good initiative when we see it.
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Your response completely missed the point but its quite clear the agenda behind this thread.
 
Stewie said:
This is robbery in the guise of development. This sort of stuff should be left to private entities and corporations. The government should be governing. I have not seen this nonsense in any other progressive country of the world.

Typically it happens in Pakistan for kickbacks. The rumor is this airlines bought on luxury jet which is more than the amount the whole PIA was recently sold off for. I let those with intelligence here figure out themselves what really happened under the table here.
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You are arguing with an imbicile who is complicit in theft and murder...

Do you really think you can educate someone like this?
 
IMMY69 said:
You are arguing with an imbicile who is complicit in theft and murder...

Do you really think you can educate someone like this?
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I did not know initially, but I realized it after his response. LOL

Thanks for the confirmation.
 
IMMY69 said:
You are arguing with an imbicile who is complicit in theft and murder...

Do you really think you can educate someone like this?
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Immy 69, why do all you dimmytards lack respect? Worse still you have terrible grammar. It is spelt "imbecile". You talk like Bushra Bibi and dream to become Mayram Nawaz or Queen of England lol.
 
Stewie said:
Your response completely missed the point but its quite clear the agenda behind this thread.
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I am not even the thread starter. I have nothing against you and I am more than happy to have a civil discussion. If we have to go down the road of insults like Immy.69, Rishwat and KingKhan then I am not interested.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
I am not even the thread starter. I have nothing against you and I am more than happy to have a civil discussion. If we have to go down the road of insults like Immy.69, Rishwat and KingKhan then I am not interested.
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Thanks but no thanks, been down that road and I know those who support the chor clan and their allies have zero interest in civil and logical discourse.
 
Stewie said:
Thanks but no thanks, been down that road and I know those who support the chor clan and their allies have zero interest in civil and logical discourse.
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And yet it is the fans of the corrupt extremist thief rotting in jail that are the first to start personal attacks. I still hope IK gets his due rights in jail though, whatever his crimes he is a human being.
 
Punjab govt to purchase 108 vehicles for ministers, officers worth Rs1.14bn

The Punjab government plans to purchase 108 new vehicles for provincial ministers and bureaucrats at a cost of Rs1.14 billion.

The decision comes amid criticism of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif over the government’s purchase of a luxury aircraft for her personal use.

According to sources at the Services & General Administration Department (S&GAD), the transport wing has submitted its recommendations to the cabinet for the procurement, which includes 28 new vehicles for the provincial ministers for Rs 30 crore.

The proposed fleet comprises 1 Land Cruiser, 2 Haval H6 1.5T, 5 Altis Grande, 10 Toyota Altis, and 10 Toyota Yaris vehicles.

Additionally, two ministers are set to receive bulletproof 4×4 vehicles worth Rs4 crore. The source said that the government has already approved bulletproof cars.

For VIP security, the government has also approved recommendations to purchase 25 vehicles worth Rs27 crore. Officials said the procurement process will begin once the approvals are finalized.

Earlier, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, criticized the provincial government’s spending priorities.

He noted that while Punjab’s poverty rate has increased by 31 percent, the Chief Minister purchased an aircraft worth Rs11 billion.

Addressing a gathering, Hafiz Naeem alleged that instead of focusing on real development, public money collected through taxes is being spent on advertisements.

“There is no real development in Punjab; advertisements are being run with taxpayers’ money,” he said.

The Jamaat-e-Islami chief claimed that poverty has increased the most in Punjab, adding that nearly 10 million children in the province are still out of school.


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Punjab govt to purchase 108 vehicles for ministers, officers worth Rs1.14bn

LAHORE: The Punjab government plans to purchase 108 new vehicles for provincial ministers and bureaucrats at a cost of Rs1.14 billion.
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Punjab releases Rs624m for 5G locators, vehicles for Special Branch​

The Punjab Finance Department has released funds to the Special Branch for the purchase of locators and vehicles to strengthen security arrangements for the chief minister.

The Punjab cabinet approved Rs624 million for the acquisition of five 5G locators and vehicles. The provincial cabinet also sanctioned a special supplementary grant for the purpose.

The purchase of the locators and vehicles will be made from the budget for the current financial year 2025-26.

The Special Branch is responsible for monitoring religious, political and social activities. The locators and vehicles will be procured for surveillance of the Punjab chief minister and other key personalities.

An amount of Rs586 million has been allocated for the purchase of 5G locators, while Rs38 million has been earmarked for vehicles. The price of one 5G locator stands at Rs293 million, while one vehicle costs Rs19 million.

After procurement, the vehicles and locators will be handed over to the Punjab Special Branch. The addition of these resources is expected to enhance the operational capacity of the department.

 
Punjab govt to take legal action against those involved in ‘malicious campaign’ over use of official jet

Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Sunday that the provincial government has decided to take legal action against those involved in a “malicious campaign” targeting it over the use of an official jet.

Last month, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz faced severe criticism from the opposition and some journalists regarding the government’s purchase of the aircraft. The Gulfstream 19-seater jet is estimated to be worth between $38 million and $42m (over Rs10bn) and was acquired for the CM’s use.

More recently, there have been claims and speculation on social media about Maryam’s son, Junaid Safdar, using the jet to travel to Europe for his honeymoon.

In a post on X, the senior minister took note of a “deliberate malicious campaign of lies and fabricated stories about the use of the official plane of the Punjab government”, which she said was being run by “known pathological liars and peddlers of fake news”.

The minister shared that the government had decided to take legal action against “every individual and platform” involved under the Defamation Law 2024.

“Disinformation will no longer go unanswered,” she added.

Aurangzeb warned that “those who think they can malign institutions and mislead the public without consequence should prepare to face the law”.

She said that the provincial government will aim to “seek recourse to the maximum penalty under the law to ensure a clear and unequivocal message”.

The minister held that fake news was not “real journalism” but rather defamation. “Pathological lying lunatics will not be tolerated; enough is enough,” she stressed.


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Punjab govt to take legal action against those involved in ‘malicious campaign’ over use of official jet

Defamation law to be moved against "every individual and every platform" involved, says senior minister Marriyum Aurangzeb.
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Rana said:
On social media, Dimmy supporters were looking for any excuse under the sun to throw Legend Munir under the bus.
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BouncerGuy said:
Punjab govt ‘wakes up to regularise’ over 5,000 illegal housing schemes

The Punjab government on Saturday decided to initiate a process to “regularise” more than 5,000 ‘illegal’ housing societies in order to protect the investment of the people.

Since the successive provincial governments hardly paid any attention to the housing societies sector in the past, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been struggling to recover the looted money from a number of housing societies in Punjab that would sell files/plots without acquiring the required land.

“A total number of housing societies in Punjab are 7,905, covering an area of about two million kanals. Of them 2,687 housing schemes are approved, while 5,118 are illegal (or under approval process) across Punjab,” Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was briefed in a meeting here on Saturday.

It was also told that some 206 Lahore Development Authority (LDA) schemes were illegal, and were in the approval process.

The CM took exception to the matter and questioned how come these housing societies in such a large number were set up without meeting legal requirements. “The government departments must be equally responsible for the establishment of illegal housing societies in the province…I believe.”

Since these societies have been established, these must be regularised, she commented. “The housing schemes that have been built should be regularised as soon as possible according to the law, so that the people (who bought plots/files) could get a relief. These were established with different government departments’ collusion, but only the common men who bought plots there suffered,” she said.

The CM also asked why did the relevant institutions had turned a blind eye when illegal housing societies were being built. “Money is taken from the poor people but plots are not given.” She directed the authorities concerned to abolish unnecessary NoCs for the registration of housing societies and also ordered formation of a high-level committee for the regularisation of illegal housing schemes. Measures should also be taken to digitise the housing sector, she directed and added the housing society management system should be introduced.

“Housing society approval, management and transfer would be made possible online. The NoC fees also be paid online after uploading the required documents. Development and management should also be made possible through the housing society management system,” Maryam Nawaz said.

The Maryam administration, however, did not clarify how would those housing societies be regularised which have been set up on the land illegally acquired and plots/files sold in excess of the land in possession.

No framework has also been elaborated regarding those private housing societies who met all legal requirements by bribing different government departments and are now defrauding the people with impunity. A good number of cases related to the private housing societies in Punjab are pending with NAB. Every such society is accused of defrauding people worth billions of rupees.

A senior official told Dawn that the Maryam dispensation would have to introduce a foolproof mechanism to regularise these illegal housing societies otherwise this step might give rise to ‘corruption opportunities’ for the relevant departments. He said the main culprit in the flourishing of illegal housing societies in Punjab was the government’s ‘lopsided’ regulatory framework.

“Interestingly, the current regime has tied the hands of NAB through legislation under which it can’t take up a housing fraud worth less than Rs500 million,” he said and added, “the scale of fraud in housing sector is to the level that ‘certain influential groups having political backing’ are fleecing public by launching the same housing society with different names and selling plots in all of them. And the authorities concerned are compromised.

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The Punjab government has decided to regularise over 5,000 illegal housing schemes to protect residents’ investments and bring developments under legal oversight. Out of nearly 7,905 schemes, only about 2,687 were properly approved.

Punjab E taxi schemes directed authorities to create a framework for regularisation and simplify the approval process, ensuring transparency and faster legalisation. This move will provide relief to homebuyers and prevent new illegal housing developments.
 
Punjab to receive electric buses for 10 districts

The Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has approved the provision of electric buses in 10 additional districts.

The new electric buses will run in Attock, Bhakkar, Hafizabad, Khanewal, Layyah, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin and Okara.

Chief Minister Punjab has approved buses during a special meeting to review progress on mass transit system projects in Gujranwala and Faisalabad.

She directed authorities to ensure early completion of construction and rehabilitation work on metro bus stations and also approved new designs.

The meeting was informed that more than 125,000 passengers have already benefited from the government’s free transport initiative across 21 routes, with 3,560 bus trips completed so far.

Officials said that 100 electric buses would arrive during the current month, followed by 350 by mid-May and 264 more by the end of June.

It was decided to establish dedicated bus depots for electric buses in every division of the province. The chief minister also sought a plan to operate 1,500 electric buses at the tehsil level.

Separately, progress on Punjab’s first electric taxi scheme was reviewed. Officials said 194 e-taxis are expected to arrive in May, with an additional 208 scheduled for delivery in June.

The meeting also discussed the installation of modern bus stations in Lahore under the “Empower Her” initiative. In addition, the chief minister gave in-principle approval for an e-bike scheme aimed at government employees.


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Punjab Expands Electric Bus Services in Districts

Maryam Nawaz Sharif approves new electric buses in Punjab to enhance transport services across ten districts.
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