Overview

• The meeting in Lahore hosted the 55th Staff Course delegation led by Rear Admiral Sohail Ahmed Azmi with officers from Pakistan’s services and 15 countries, including Palestinian officers, and the chief minister voiced support for Palestinians.
• Maryam Nawaz said a 1,000‑bed government cancer hospital in Lahore will be completed within ten months and noted Punjab has procured a co‑ablation machine claimed to enable treatment without surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
• She reported that 2,500 health centres have been upgraded into hospitals and that the first Institute of Cardiology for Sargodha Division is nearing completion, with field hospitals and clinics‑on‑wheels extending care.
• According to the briefing, 20,000 kilometres of roads have been built or repaired and 1,100 electric buses are being introduced at a Rs20 fare to modernize public transport.
• She cited expansion of the Safe City project to 25 districts, creation of the PERA force to counter inflation, hoarding and encroachments, interest‑free loans backing 13,000 new businesses, and a flood rescue effort assisting 2.5 million people.