Pakistan News » Punjab News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Punjab begins province-wide factory crackdownPublished on: June 3, 2026 9:38 PM
Pakistan, June 3 -- Punjab has launched a province-wide crackdown on illegal factories operating in residential areas, demolishing a tannery and warehouse in Chiniot. The action matters because ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Worsening pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8 million, officials say
LAHORE, Pakistan — Worsening air pollution sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province in the last month, health officials said Tuesday, as schools across the ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: COVID warriors intensify protest, burn Punjab Health Minister’s effigy in Patiala
The protest by the Unemployed COVID Warriors Nurses Union outside Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh’s residence intensified on Monday, with Youth Congress district president Sanjeev Sharma Kalu ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Pakistan faces below-normal monsoon rains
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast below-normal rainfall and above-normal temperatures across most parts of the country from June to August. The outlook raises concerns for ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Punjab's health paradox: Hospital deliveries up, breastfeeding down
Institutional deliveries rose from 94.3 per cent to 96.1 per cent,, yet, the proportion of newborns breastfed within one hour of birth plunged from 53.1 per cent in NFHS 5 to just 38.2 per cent in ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Punjab approves bonus for sanitation workersPublished on: May 30, 2026 10:02 PM
Pakistan, May 30 -- Punjab Senior Minister Maryam Aurangzeb announced a Rs10,000 cash bonus for each Suthra Punjab sanitation worker following Eidul Adha operations. She said Chief Minister Maryam ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: World Health Day: Punjab Police completes health screening of 225,000 personnel
IG Police vows top medical care under ‘ealthy Punjab’ vision, saying Rs51.7m spent on treatment of serious illnesses this year LAHORE: On the occasion of World Health Day, Punjab Inspector General of ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Muslims in Pakistan's smog-shrouded Punjab province pray for rain
LAHORE, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Punjab province declared a health emergency due to toxic smog on Friday, banning construction, shutting schools for another week and moving universities online, ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Pakistan’s Premier, Punjab Officials Take Up Prison Reform
Finally, top government officials in Pakistan are taking some steps to improve the well-being of prisoners. Historically, prisons in Pakistan are severely overcrowded, and prisoners lack access to ...
News Pakistan » Punjab » Health: Punjab health projects reach over 21 million people
ISLAMABAD: More than 21 million people have benefited from field hospitals and Clinics on Wheels in Punjab, while over 30,000 patients suffering from diabetes, hepatitis and tuberculosis have received ...