Punjab

  • Motorists drive through a flooded road during monsoon rainfall, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • Local residents carry a big bag as they walk through a flooded road during monsoon rainfall, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • A man walks with his motorcycle through a flooded road during monsoon rainfall, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • A man walks with his motorcycle through a flood road caused by heavy monsoon rains, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo: AP)
  • A motorcyclist rides through a flooded road during monsoon rainfall, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Photo: AP)

Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours

ISLAMABAD, July 18, 2025 (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains killed at least 54 people in eastern Pakistan in 24 hours, bringing the total rain-related deaths in the country to 178 over the past three weeks, officials said Thursday. Rainfall has triggered flash floods and inundated several villages as the country experiences 82% more rainfall this

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Bodies in Civil Hospital Amritsar. (Photo: ANI)

14 people die from drinking toxic liquor in Punjab

NEW DELHI, May 13, 2025 (AP) — At least 14 people died and six were hospitalized in critical condition after consuming toxic liquor overnight in Punjab, a northern India state, police said Tuesday. Seven people were arrested on allegations they supplied the toxic liquor in five villages around 19 kilometers (12 miles) from the city

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Farmers hold tractor march across Punjab on Republic Day, January 26, 2025, to press MSP demands (Photo: PTI)

Farmers hold tractor parade in parts of Punjab in support of their demands

Hoshiarpur/Chandigarh, Jan 26 (PTI) Farmers from various organisations under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday took out a tractor parade at multiple locations across Punjab in support of their demands. These demands include a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP), which is based on the C2 plus 50 per cent

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Ramesh Singh Arora (2nd L) takes oath as a minister at the Provincial Assembly in Lahore, Pakistan on March 6, 2024.
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Pakistan gets first Sikh minister in Punjab province

Lahore, Mar 7 (PTI) Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora, a three-term legislator, was on Thursday sworn in as a provincial minister, making him the first Sikh to occupy such a position in post-partition Punjab. Arora has been allotted the portfolio of minorities of Punjab province in Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s cabinet, a report in Dawn.com

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