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How to Get Petrol Relief in Pakistan With Code 9771
Send REG to 9771 once, then TOK before each fill. Bikes get 5 litres a week and 800cc cars 10 litres every 10 days, at Rs 100 off a litre.
Shahid Anwar · · 10 min read
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Punjab Must Publish Which Roads Failed Safety Checks
A 2023 Act names eight things the Authority's website must carry. We opened the pages and found the headings. Here is what we found.
Ali Akhtar · · 8 min read
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What to Do When a Shop Gives You Short Weight in Punjab
An inspector can weigh what a shop already sold you and open a sealed packet to check it. The fine has not moved since 1975.
Shahid Anwar · · 8 min read
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The EOBI Pension Most Workers Never Claim
Sixty for men, fifty five for women, fifteen years of contributions for a pension. Apply late and the backdating stops at six months.
Ali Akhtar · · 7 min read
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What a Shop Worker in Punjab Is Owed by Law
Fourteen annual, ten casual, eight sick and ten festival days on full wages, plus a weekly holiday on top. Shop rules are not factory rules.
Shahid Anwar · · 8 min read
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How to Force a Government Department to Answer in Punjab
Plain paper is enough, you never give a reason, and there is no fee to ask. The officer who stalls pays two days of salary per day.
Ali Akhtar · · 8 min read
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What the Law Says When a Child Is Arrested in Pakistan
A lawyer is due within twenty four hours at State expense, custody is an observation home, and bail is the default rather than the exception.
Fajr Riaz · · 9 min read
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Your Rights When You Are Arrested in Pakistan
You must be told the grounds, you may pick your own lawyer, and a magistrate must see you within twenty four hours of the arrest.
Fajr Riaz · · 8 min read
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Commercial Vehicles in Punjab Need Testing Every Six Months
Public service and goods vehicles are tested twice a year at 39 stations. Arrive unloaded, with trailers detached, or the trip is wasted.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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How a New Province Is Actually Created in Pakistan
Two thirds of both Houses is not enough. The assembly of the province being divided must also pass it, by two thirds of total membership.
Ali Akhtar · · 7 min read
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How a Woman Gets Her Property Back in Punjab
An Ombudsperson route instead of a civil suit, with orders aimed at sixty days and rent payable for the whole period she was kept out.
Ali Akhtar · · 7 min read
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Police Services in Punjab You Can Use Without Going In
A complaint by app, live chat or video call, plus desks for children, seniors and minorities. What is published, and what is not.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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How to Get a Protection Order Against Violence in Punjab
First hearing within seven days, decision within ninety. The court can order him out, seize his gun and attach his wages.
Fajr Riaz · · 8 min read
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The Benefits a Registered Worker in Punjab Never Claims
Seventy five per cent of wages for ordinary sickness, full wages for a year on TB or cancer, and Rs 700 a day in hospital.
Ali Akhtar · · 7 min read
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How to Check a Blood Bank Is Licensed in Punjab
Only licensed places may collect or issue blood. We counted 114 on the published lists, and both carry a date of 6 May 2018.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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Your Bank Has 30 Days to Answer a Fraud Complaint
State Bank sets the clocks. Acknowledgement in 48 hours, ordinary complaints closed in 15 days, and fraud answered in 30.
Shahid Anwar · · 7 min read
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Pakistan Railways Refunds Half Your Fare After the Train Leaves
Ninety per cent back 48 hours ahead, and up to half within three hours after the train has gone. Complaints carry published deadlines.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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How to Check an Overseas Job Agency in Pakistan
We counted the register. Nearly half the recruiting licences ever issued are cancelled, surrendered, expired or invalid. Five free checks.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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When a Dengue Patient Must Be Admitted in Punjab
Any warning sign, or platelets below 70,000, means admission under the April 2026 criteria. Discharge needs all seven checks met.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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Where a Kisan Card Actually Works in Punjab
We downloaded all 36 district lists and counted them. One district has eight dealers, and one entry in ten carries no business address.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Passport Renewal at NADRA Centres: What You Can Do
Renew online if under a year of validity is left, inland or overseas. A child over two must attend in person, and the fee is not refundable.
Shahid Anwar · · 7 min read
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NEPRA Sets New Deadlines for Every Electricity Company
New regulations set restoration times, same day reconnection and compensation. What binds now, and what does not start for two years.
Ali Akhtar · · 8 min read
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How to Apply for the CM Punjab E-Bike Scheme for Students
No down payment, Rs 90,000 subsidy and zero interest. Applications close 4 October 2026, and places go first come first served.
Ali Akhtar · · 7 min read
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How to Get a Free Lawyer in Punjab
The Punjab Legal Aid Agency covers criminal accused, women in family disputes and property complaints. Apply with an affidavit.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read