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Maryam Nawaz Sets Broad Punjab Agenda Elevating Punjabi, Housing Workers and Greening the Province

Agencies have been tasked to translate the directives into pilot projects with firm implementation timelines.

Overview

  • Chairing a high-level review, the chief minister ordered Punjabi to take a central place in education, culture and public life.
  • Under Apni Chhat, Apna Ghar, 20,000 labourers in Jhang and Kamalia will receive 3-marla plots with special loans.
  • An Education on Wheels pilot will start in Lahore, alongside proposals to set laptop quotas in private universities and colleges.
  • Environmental directives include large-scale plantation, a provincewide forest fire warning system with 20-minute alerts, and sensors to curb illegal tree cutting.
  • Economic and tourism measures feature the Magnificent Punjab app and a shrimp-farming rollout on 5,000 acres from February 2026 with a feasibility plan for 50,000 acres.