Former rulers burdened every child with debt, says Buzdar
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Monday said that former rulers weren’t working in the interest of the country and as a consequence of their ill actions now every child…
New local bodies system to meet people’s expectations: CM
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday said that newly-proposed local bodies system in the province would meet the expectations of people as power would be shifted to grass-root level in…
Four-year term of local bodies concludes in Balochistan
QUETTA: The four-year term of local bodies across Balochistan concluded on Monday after which the provincial authorities are likely to make the appointment of administrators. A notification that was released in this regard stated…
PTI govt finalising local body reforms: Aleem
–Senior minister says election of mayor will be held on party basis in new local body system LAHORE: Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan said on Sunday that the new local bodies…
LB minister says govt officers not able to work out of NAB’s fear
LARKANA: Sindh Local Bodies (LB) Minister Saeed Ghani on Sunday said that no officer in Sindh can work independently due to fear of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) actions. “NAB has targeted Sindh…
PM Khan vows to strengthen local govt system
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) believed in the transfer of powers to the grassroots level, “which was only possible by strengthening the local government system.” “Empowered…
PM-constituted committee to propose local bodies structure
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday constituted a high-powered committee for holding in-depth discussions and formulating a proposed structure of the local government bodies within one week. The recommendations of the committee…
KP govt withholds over Rs17bn of local bodies
Province releases Rs11bn of allocated budget to local bodies’ representatives PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has arbitrarily withheld more than Rs17 billion development funds allocated to the local governments for the fiscal year…
‘Concerned departments have to enhance anti-dengue activities’
LAHORE: On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Khawaja Salman Rafique and Minister for Primary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir would reach Rawalpindi tomorrow to…
Punjab government to increase development budget for local bodies
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday presided over a high-level meeting to review development budget for the local bodies. Provincial Ministers Rana Sanuallah, Manshaullah Butt, Malik Nadeem Kamran, Kh. Imran Nazir,…
Punjab: Final round of local body polls underway
The final round of local body elections in Punjab has commenced Thursday (today) for electing 179 municipal committee chairmen. Polling for the seats of chairmen, vice chairmen, mayors and deputy mayors is…
UC Chairmen, Vice Chairmen to attend workshop on local government by-laws
Chairmen and vice chairmen from local bodies of capital will participate in orientation training workshop titled ‘ICT Local Government and by-laws’ to be held from 13th December to 15th December at Pak…