Day: March 30, 2024

Polling to elect thirty members of the Senate will be held on Tuesday. Election Commission of Pakistan has already notified eighteen candidates as unopposed returned on vacant seats of Balochistan and Punjab. Polling for rest of thirty seats now will be held in National Assembly, Punjab Assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and Sindh Assembly. Source: Radio Pakistan

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed to launch a grand operation against power theft, smuggling and hoarding. Punjab Chief Minister, while chairing a meeting in Lahore today, set a deadline of one month to eliminate power theft. It was decided that meter of every domestic and commercial meter will be checked. She directed to take indiscriminate action against anyone involved in these illegal activities. Source: Radio Pakistan

Returning officers have issued the final list of the candidates contesting elections on 48 vacant seats of the Senate. According to a press release of the Election Commission, a total of 147 candidates submitted their nomination papers for these vacant seats. Out of these, eighteen candidates have been elected unopposed. These eighteen include seven each from Punjab and Balochistan on general quota, two on female and two from Ulema or technocrat quota. As per schedule issued by the commission, the contest on remaining 30 seats will be held on Tuesday. Source: Radio Pakistan

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif says a comprehensive waste management system is being introduced in all major cities of the province. In her message on the occasion of International Day of Zero Waste being observed today, she said every day should be observed as Zero Waste Day. Maryam Nawaz said, for the first time, a sustainable and effective system of village sanitation is being devised to provide clean environment to our future generations. She said people should adopt eco-friendly alternatives by reducing single-use plastics. Source: Radio Pakistan

Information Minister Punjab Azma Bukhari says the Punjab government has provided free ration to 6.4 million deserving families in Ramadan. Talking to media in Lahore today regarding the government's performance in the last one month, she said the Punjab government has decided to conduct a survey of the poor in the province within three months. She announced that the government will construct 3000 houses in each district, for shelter-less and low-income people. Azma Bukhari said the scope of the safe cities project will be expanded to eighteen districts of the Punjab. Source: Radio Pakistan

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has expressed serious concern over the worsening human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to journalists in Muzaffarabad, he said violations of human rights, forced disappearances, bloodshed and killing of innocent people by the Indian occupation forces have become a daily routine in the occupied territory. Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister said that journalists can play an important role in promoting the Kashmir cause. Source: Radio Pakistan