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April 23, 2025
Punjab govt’s relief for farmers: help or hype?
“I want to tell farmers to cultivate as much wheat as you can, without fear,” says Punjab CM to farmers
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April 15, 2025
KP mining bill draws fire from allies and opposition
KP govt says legislation was misunderstood and insists it is designed to curb illegal mining and attract investment
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April 11, 2025
Punjab pushes bill to curb urban sprawl
“Planning is a local government function across the world”, says Dr Nasir Javed, urban development specialist
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March 16, 2025
Punjab government overhauls Forensic Science Agency, puts it under direct political control
Move is seen as attempt by Punjab govt to consolidate greater control over forensic science services in Punjab
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November 22, 2024
Pakistan’s VPN policy threatens access for ordinary internet users: officials, experts confirm
PTA only offers VPN registration to companies and freelancers who use these services for commercial purposes
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October 24, 2024
Ravi Riverfront City: Three years, two governments later, farmers in Punjab still struggle to save their land
Development boasts futuristic perks like deliveries via drones and quadcopters to residents
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September 29, 2024
Punjab government proposes 90-day extension in imposition of Section 144
Amendment would empower DC to enforce a ban on public gatherings for up to 30 days
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September 12, 2024
Senate bill seeks to regulate AI, proposes billion-rupee fines
Draft was referred to Senate’s standing committee on information technology for further deliberations
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August 29, 2024
PTA using Web Monitoring System to block online content in Pakistan, NA told
Social media site X has been officially blocked in Pak since Feb 17, and website of opposition political party PTI has remained inaccessible since...
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August 23, 2024
SIFC to allocate 4.8m acres land for military-run corporate farming initiative
This marked area is larger than the island of Jamaica and is approximately 9.5% of Punjab’s total land area
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April 03, 2024
SIFC ordered budget cut imperils higher education, warns education minister
Minister explains that funds allocated by federal government to public universities in Islamabad and provinces has remained stagnant at Rs65 billion...
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January 28, 2024
More internet disruptions expected as PTA ‘upgrades’ web system
That software being upgraded is the Web Management System (WMS), a spokesperson of the PTA confirmed to Geo Fact Check over phone
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May 30, 2023
Military corporate farming case: No minutes recorded of ministerial meeting, LHC told
“How can it even be called a ministerial meeting with no ministers,” court remarks
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May 19, 2023
Geo Fact Check: Survey showing PTI as most popular party in Punjab lacks standard methodology
KARACHI: The survey quoted by Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Wednesday to highlight his party’s popularity lacks standard procedures...
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May 10, 2023
Army requested 1m acres of state land in Punjab for farming, LHC told
LAHORE: The Pakistan Army requested the Punjab government for one million acres of state land in the Cholistan area for corporate agricultural...
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May 27, 2022
PTI approached ‘neutrals’ for talks with govt: Ahsan Iqbal
Ahsan told Geo News that the PTI sent a message through the third party that they wanted to talk to us and negotiate
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May 08, 2022
Punjab Police guarded Farah’s residence for over three years
Cops were posted outside her home, in the Defence area of Lahore, first in September 2018, a month after Imran Khan was elected prime minister,...
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April 27, 2022
PM Shehbaz Sharif says he’ll think about commission on cable
Shehbaz said that Pakistan “could not afford to be an enemy of the United States” and needed to improve its relationship with the country
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March 31, 2022
SAPM Shahbaz Gill still on payroll of American public university
Shahbaz Gill is still an employee of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his annual salary is $124,770.92
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January 03, 2022
Alarm bells ringing as Pakistan’s Omicron tally surges over 370
Most of the cases have been reported in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, says Dr Faisal Sultan
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January 15, 2021
Data for two Chinese COVID-19 vaccines sent to DRAP for emergency use approval
Phase III clinical trials for Ad5-nCoV vaccine at the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad will end this week
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January 04, 2021
Lahore’s civil society welcomes court’s decision to stop Ravi project’s construction
LHC halts construction on Ravi waterfront project until an environmental study is conducted
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October 20, 2020
Punjab reports highest coronavirus deaths in three months
Despite the climbing mortality, the province’s positivity rate has remained low
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May 30, 2020
Coronavirus kills 17 healthcare workers in Pakistan
Since the outbreak, coronavirus has infected 1,904 healthcare workers in Pakistan
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December 24, 2019
Narowal Sports City case: The charge-sheet against Ahsan Iqbal
Construction of the complex, which includes a cricket stadium, gymnasium, squash and hockey ground, began in 2009 when Iqbal was in the opposition
