{"id":62622,"date":"2020-03-12T17:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T12:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62622"},"modified":"2020-03-12T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T12:49:47","slug":"south-punjab-province-bill-na-qureshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/south-punjab-province-bill-na-qureshi.html","title":{"rendered":"South Punjab province bill to be tabled before NA: Qureshi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday stated that the government would soon present a bill for the creation of the South Punjab province in the National Assembly (NA), according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-launch-national-jobs-portal-facility-in-june.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt to launch \u2018National Jobs Portal\u2019 facility in June (opens in a new tab)\">Govt to launch \u2018National Jobs Portal\u2019 facility in June<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made this announcement during a\nhigh-level meeting. He said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had endorsed\nthis decision; adding that the region (which will be included in the South\nPunjab province) had been long deprived of its fair share of resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Qureshi said that PM Khan would appraise all members of the parliament about his decision to table the bill in the upcoming parliamentary meeting; scheduled for Thursday. He said that efforts were being made to uplift the living standards of the people in the province\u2019s southern region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/south-punjab-get-35-percent-adp-funds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"South Punjab to get 35% of ADP funds (opens in a new tab)\">South Punjab to get 35% of ADP funds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He revealed that the government had finalised its decision with regard to the establishment of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/orders-given-to-set-up-south-punjab-secretariat-by-july-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"secretariat in the region (opens in a new tab)\">secretariat in the region<\/a>; further stating that funds worth PKR 3.5 billion would be required for the said purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Punjab Chief\nMinister (CM) Usman Buzdar had recently announced that 35% of the province\u2019s\nresource allocation would be dedicated to South Punjab; keeping in view the\nregion\u2019s population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday stated that the government would soon present a bill for the creation of the South Punjab province in the National Assembly (NA), according to news sources. Read: Govt to launch \u2018National Jobs Portal\u2019 facility in June He made this announcement during a high-level meeting. He said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan had endorsed this decision; adding that the region (which will be included in the South Punjab province) had been long deprived of its fair share of resources. Furthermore, Qureshi said that PM Khan would appraise all members of the parliament about his decision to table the bill in the upcoming parliamentary meeting; scheduled for Thursday. He said that efforts were being made to uplift the living standards of the people in the province\u2019s southern region. Read: South Punjab to get 35% of ADP funds He revealed that the government had finalised its decision with regard to the establishment of a secretariat in the region; further stating that funds worth PKR 3.5 billion would be required for the said purpose. He said that Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar had recently announced that 35% of the province\u2019s resource allocation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":62627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[2254,22738,22739,22737],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-national-assembly","9":"tag-shah-mahmood-qureshi","10":"tag-south-punjab-province","11":"tag-south-punjab-province-bill-to-be-tabled-before-na-qureshi","12":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Punjab province bill to be tabled before NA: Qureshi - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated that the government would soon present a bill for the creation of the South Punjab province in NA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/south-punjab-province-bill-na-qureshi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Punjab province bill to be tabled before NA: Qureshi - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated that the government would soon present a bill for the creation of the South Punjab province in NA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/south-punjab-province-bill-na-qureshi.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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