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The educational boards across Punjab have announced the position holders for the Matric Annual Examinations 2025, celebrating outstanding academic performances in various districts.

LAHORE - Punjab has once again taken the lead by launching Pakistan’s first provincial Counter Narcotics Force (CNF), a specialized force dedicated to eliminating the growing menace of drugs across the province.

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday raised alarm over political dysfunction and rising injustices in Punjab. The HRCP held a press conference to highlight the human rights situation in Punjab as recorded in its report, State of Human Rights in 2024, launched earlier. While voter registration and total votes cast was reportedly increased in the 2024 general elections, the turnout declined. Women’s representation in the assemblies more than doubled, but the Punjab Assembly remained plagued by disruptions, a tendency to ignore input from the opposition, and hurried legislation. Assembly proceedings in 2024 were dominated by chaos. Women MPAs staged a walkout over inappropriate gestures in the House and the allocation of reserved seats for women and minorities faced legal setbacks. The Punjab Defamation Act 2024, hurriedly approved in June, was widely criticised by human rights networks for stifling free speech. The law was subsequently challenged in the Lahore High Court as unconstit...

LAHORE: Punjab has launched its first Counter Narcotics Force (CNF) to combat the menace of drugs. A passing-out ceremony was held here on Tuesday in which Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz handed over the flag to the CNF. She also met the CNF personnel and inspected vehicles and equipment. CNF DG Brig Mazhar Iqbal gave briefing about the formation and work of the force to the CM. Some 866 personnel have been recruited in the first phase in the CNF. It has been made functional in all divisions. In the first phase, CNF stations and regional directorates have been established in each division of Punjab. In the second phase, the scope of CNF will be expanded to the district level. The CM was informed that the CNF officers and personnel were given 12 weeks of professional training at the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Academy, Rawalpindi. Speaking on the occasion, CM Maryam said the future of Punjab was bright with the formation of the CNF. With the establishment of the CNF, she said the menace of drugs would soon be eradi...

Punjab government launched Punjab Counter Narcotics Force on Tuesday.

In response to recent terrorist attacks targeting passengers in Balochistan, the government has imposed a night travel ban on all transport from Punjab to Balochistan.

After a brief hiatus, the fourth spell of monsoon rains is set to begin across Punjab from today, with heavy rainfall expected in various districts, including Lahore.

• KP’s Malakand and Hazara divisions, parts of Punjab, Sindh likely to receive rain today • PDMA says 135 killed in Punjab • Medium to high-level flow expected in rivers from tomorrow ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Authorities are bracing for another spell of rain and thunderstorms, which are expected to hit many parts of the country from today (Monday). According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the Malakand and Hazara divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the southern parts of Punjab and Sindh, eastern Balochistan and parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are likely to receive rain and thunderstorms with strong winds. According to the PMD’s detailed national forecast, Islamabad may receive rain and thunderstorms at night. In KP, while most districts will stay hot and humid, scattered rain with thunderstorms and gusty winds are expected in Dir, Swat, Kohistan, Malakand, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Kurram, and Waziristan. Rain and thunderstorms are forecast for urban centres of Punjab in the south, such as Bahawalpur...

Indus River at Kalabagh facing medium-level flood while low-level flooding observed at Tarbela Dam, Chashma Barrage and Guddu and Sukkur barrages National death toll reaches 193 with 63 in Punjab alone amid continued rescue and relief operations in affected districts Warnings issued for more rain spell from July.

LAHORE: Rescue workers move the body of a person killed after the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the Railway Colony area.—PPI • PDMA data shows 123 deaths across province since June 25; more than half of which occurred in just past two days • Flooding alert issued for River Indus at Kalabagh, Chashma; Met Office predicts another five-day spell will hit many parts of the country tomorrow • Officials claim to have rescued over 1,000 stuck in flooded areas across badly-hit Potohar region LAHORE / RAWALPINDI: After ten more people lost their lives across Punjab on Friday, it emerged that more than half of all rain-related deaths in the province have occurred in just the last 48 hours. So far, 123 people have been killed and 462 injured since June 25 as the province received record rainfall, triggering urban flooding which inundated residential areas, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said. Of these, 71 deaths were reported in the past two days alone, and there will be no resp...

LAHORE:  Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed heartfelt honour to Constable Haider Ali, who sacrificed his life while evacuating the citizens from floodwaters in the administration of Chotala Police Station, Pind Dadan Khan, ARY News reported. In her official statement, CM Maryam Nawaz extended heartfelt condolences to the grieving family and lauded Haider Ali’s […]

Flooding at Punjab’s Kalabagh and Chashma on the Indus river reached a “medium” level on Friday, prompting the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) to issue a high-level flood warning for the two points, as water flows surged due to heavy monsoon rains. Rescue operations continued in Punjab after recent deadly rains wreaked havoc and claimed at least 63 lives across the province. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has forecasted that five more such spells of rain are expected in the coming days, leading to rising water levels, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The next spell is expected to begin from July 21 and last till July 28, while the fifth is expected in the first week of August, the sixth in the second week of August and the seventh in its third week. “The flow of water in rivers is increasing due to monsoon rains and glacial melting,” a statement issued by the PDMA spokesperson said. According to the data released by the Met Office’s Flood Forecasting Division at 6p...

The Pakistan Army has launched large-scale aerial rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab, where heavy monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Section 144 was imposed across Punjab along with a state of emergency in several districts on Thursday as heavy rains triggered flooding and claimed over 60 lives across the province in the past 24 hours, according to authorities. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday issued a warning of torrential rains with wind-thundershowers that would last throughout the country till today. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has forecasted that heavy rains will continue to lash parts of the country over the next 24 hours. Data from the Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) showed that 61 people were killed and 268 injured in the last 24 hours, warning that more monsoon rains were expected in the coming days. An order from the Punjab Home Department said there was a significant increase in the accumulation of rainwater in low-lying areas, streets and open spaces, posing serious risks to the safety of children who often bathed in standing water. “Dams, rivers, canals, ponds,...

The Pakistan Army on Thursday rescued over 20 people trapped in flood-hit areas of Jhelum, Punjab, as part of ongoing relief and rescue operations following heavy monsoon rains across the province.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called an emergency meeting in response to the devastation caused by relentless monsoon rains across Punjab, particularly in Rawalpindi and surrounding cities, where at least 63 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents over the past 36 hours.

Heavy monsoon rainfall has wreaked havoc across Punjab and Balochistan, leaving at least 59 people dead in the past 24 hours and causing widespread flooding and destruction.

LAHORE/OKARA - At least 28 people were killed and 90 others injured in rain related accidents across the Punjab province during the last 24 hours, rescue officials said late Wednesday.

At least 28 people were killed and 90 others injured in rain and storms across Punjab in the past 24 hours, provincial rescue service spokesperson Farooq Ahmed said on Wednesday. Monsoon rains fall across the region from June to September, offering respite from the summer heat and replenishing water supplies and agriculture. They are crucial to the livelihoods of millions of farmers and food security. However, they also trigger deadly floods, landslides and displacement, particularly in vulnerable, poorly drained, or densely populated areas. In the last 24 hours, roof collapses killed 12 people in Lahore, eight in Faisalabad, three in Sheikhupura, two in Okara, and one each in Pakpattan, Nankana Sahib and Sahiwal, according to the spokesperson. Those seriously injured in rain-related roof and wall collapses across Punjab were immediately transported to the hospital, the spokesperson added. PDMA issues Jhelum River flood warning The PDMA has issued a flood warning for the Jhelum River, reporting that “exceptio...

Torrential monsoon rains have caused widespread disruption across Lahore and several cities in Punjab since early Monday, claiming at least 10 lives and injuring 92 people in weather-related incidents.