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Christian rights activists have welcomed a resolution adopted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly calling for equal opportunities for prisoners from religious minorities to receive religious education, ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: Punjab needs Rs135bn to raise literacy rate by 2035Published on: September 9, 2026 10:35 AM
Pakistan, Sept. 9 -- Punjab needs Rs135 billion to achieve a 90 percent literacy rate by 2035, according to the Literacy Department. The province faces a major education challenge. Around 9.6 million ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: Pakistan’s Punjab to impart religious education for minority students
Christian leaders have welcomed the inclusion of religious education for students from religious minority communities in Pakistan’s Punjab province, amid concerns over making it a compulsory ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: ADB to expand support for Punjab’s agriculture, health, education and water projects
Punjab, ADB discuss support for hospitals, school labs, nursing education and concessional farm machinery loans; 2,000 more electric buses planned with bank’s support ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: Punjab Releases Rs. 4.1 Billion Non-Salary Budget for Schools
The Punjab School Education Department has released a non-salary budget of over Rs. 4.08 billion for primary, elementary, and higher secondary schools ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: Punjab’s school enrolment crisis continues to deepen
Despite Punjab being considered the educational hub of Pakistan, millions of children in the province are still out of school. Government and international reports show that poverty, inflation, ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: Can religious education in Pakistan’s Punjab end social biases?
The recess bell echoed in the halls of Fazaia College Mianwali. Among the students who rushed back to the classroom was a teenager named Shahzad Nikholas, oblivious to what awaited him. Shahzad ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Education: Punjab allocates Rs750 billion for education in 2026-27 budget
Punjab has allocated Rs750 billion for education in its 2026-27 budget, with over Rs63 billion reserved for development spending. The package also includes Rs27 billion for more than 100,000 laptops ...