Overview
- The Punjab Assembly, meeting Wednesday in Lahore, passed the Punjab Infrastructure Development Cess Bill 2026 after repeated quorum breakdowns.
- Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan ordered a committee to deliver a detailed report next session on Zakat and Ushr clerks’ wages after reports of Rs20,240 monthly pay.
- Punjab Minister Sohaib Bharrat disputed the low-pay figure and said the government had set salaries at Rs40,000, creating a gap the committee now must clarify.
- Lawmakers reported more than 71,000 inmates housed against roughly 38,000 official capacity, and officials said new prisons are under construction as members also flagged poor medical care.
- Quorum failures stalled most of the agenda, leaving eight listed bills and planned 90‑day extensions of four ordinances pending as the House adjourned until Thursday.