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Nearly Half of Banaspati Ghee Samples Failed the Government's Tests
PCSIR tested 491 packaged samples. 176 failed. Banaspati ghee was the worst at 98 of 204. The full breakdown by product.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Punjab Pays Mothers for Check-Ups. Nobody Should Take a Cut.
The Aghosh programme pays support tied to mother and child medical check-ups through JazzCash. The authority says no fee, no deduction.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Apple Music Is Working in Pakistan at Rs 379 a Month
Individual Rs 379, family Rs 649, with a free month. Payments are going through, though Apple has not announced the launch itself.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Two Provinces Have a Dastak. One Delivers Documents, One Does Gun Licences.
Punjab's Dastak brings government services to your door. KP's Dastak is for arms licences. Same name, different provinces, no connection.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Punjab Runs Six Schemes for Farmers. Start With the Kisan Card.
Kisan Card, green tractors, machinery finance, agriculture malls and a graduate internship, listed on the department's own site. What each does.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Punjab Runs 158 Welfare Homes and Shelters. Here Is the List.
Shelter homes, women protection centres, old age homes and rehab centres, counted on the government's own portal. Most people never hear of them.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Punjab Runs Six Free Health Programmes. Most People Know One.
Dialysis, transplants, children's heart surgery and cancer care, all free and separate from the Sehat Card. The numbers, read at source.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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The Sehat Card Was Not Stopped. It Now Pays Half for Most Treatments.
Punjab's own health company says the card was never cancelled, only pulled from government hospitals. We read its FAQ. Here is what it covers.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Your Hajj Money Goes Through an App. We Found Three Called Pak Hajj.
Payments open on 17 August and run through the app. Searching either store returns two government apps with the same name. Which is which.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Cambridge AS and A Level Results Are Out. Here Is How to Get Them.
The June 2026 series released at 10am Pakistan time on 11 August. Your school issues them, and there is a route if it has not yet.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Check Any Vehicle in Pakistan: The Working Portal for Every Province
We opened every provincial vehicle portal. Five work, several widely shared addresses are dead, and one province has none we could find.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Banks Shut for Three Days From 14 August. Do Your Banking Now.
Independence Day falls on a Friday, so branches stay shut until Monday 17 August. Ceremony timings, and the deadline that lands that Monday.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Government Helplines That Actually Work, Checked at Source
Every number here was read off the institution's own website, not copied from a list. BISP, the ombudsmen, PTA, NDMA and the rest.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Transport Talks Fail, Strike Goes Into a Fourth Day
Alliance president Malik Shehzad Awan says the deadlock holds after talks with federal and Sindh officials. Trucks and tankers stay parked.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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We Tested Every Electricity Company's Website. Two Are Not Secure.
FESCO and QESCO fail their security certificate. HESCO would not load at all. The one address that worked when the others did not.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Piped Gas or LPG: Which Is Actually Cheaper Now
New connections are RLNG only, and RLNG costs more than the old system gas. Which one wins depends on something most people never check.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Every Deadline Worth Knowing in Pakistan's Year
Token tax by 31 August, tax returns by 30 September, and the rebates that quietly expire. The dates that cost money if you miss them.
Shahid Anwar · · 4 min read
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Rent Agreements and Stamp Paper in Pakistan
An unregistered rent agreement protects almost nobody. What registration actually changes, what stamp paper does, and the clauses that matter.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Gold Hits a Record. Three Sites Showed Us Three Different Prices.
The association rate reached Rs 456,536 a tola. We opened three price sites at the same moment and none of them matched. Here is why.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Hajj 2027 Will Cost Rs 1.2 Million, First Payment 17 August
What Hajj 2027 costs from Pakistan. Two government packages at Rs 1.2m and Rs 1.3m, what the price covers, and how instalments are paid.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Failed a Matric Paper? Forms Are Due 19 August, Exam 6 October
Punjab second annual matric exams start 6 October. Forms with a single fee close 19 August, then the fee doubles, then it triples.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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Lahore Metro Bus Stops From 11 August Over a Fuel Dispute
The operator says it will stop the Gajjumata to Shahdara service from Tuesday. A court ordered the authority to supply fuel. It appealed.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Punjab Bans Handwritten Bills at Restaurants and Marriage Halls
Your bill must now carry a PRA QR code. Businesses without one face fines reported at Rs 400,000 to Rs 1 million, and closure for repeats.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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What to Do When Your Street Floods
Urban flooding kills mostly by electrocution, not drowning. What to switch off, what not to walk through, and how to handle a flooded car.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read