Punjab health officials detect fake COVID-19 data entries in Lahore, launch probe. geo.tv/latest/309139-…
Punjab’s primary and secondary healthcare department has proposed the suspension of nine health officers in Lahore after it found “fake and fictitious entries” of coronavirus data from August 23 to 31. geo.tv/latest/309139-…
“It is proved that the deputy district health officers of Ravi, Cantt, Allama Iqbal, Gulberg, Aziz Bhatti, Nishter, Shalimar and Wagha towns were involved in making fake, forged... data in the dashboard,” the official notification reads. geo.tv/latest/309139-…
The district health officer DHA “has shown lethargic and careless attitude towards his official assignment and it seems that he has been involved in intentional omission and commission of [Covid-19] data.” geo.tv/latest/309139-…
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پنجاب حکومت آج پنجاب عوامی آگاہی اور معلومات کے فروغ کا 2025 کا ایکٹ پیش کرنے اور منظور کروانے جا رہی ہے۔
اس ایکٹ کا بنیادی مقصد صحافیوں اور شہریوں کو یہ سوال کرنے سے روکنا ہے جس سے یہ معلوم ہو سکے کہ کس طرح حکومت عوامی فنڈز کو اپنی تشہیر کے لیے استعمال کر رہی ہے۔
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منظور ہونے کے بعد اس ایکٹ کا اطلاق رواں سال کے بجائے گذشتہ سال جنوری 2024 سے ہوگا، یعنی الیکشن سے قبل موجود نگراں حکومت کے دور سے۔
اس کے تحت پنجاب حکومت "عوامی آگاہی مہمات" چلا سکے گی جس کے لیے وہ کسی بھی تشہیری کمپنی کو استعمال کر سکتی ہے اور کسی بھی پلیٹ فارم پر چلا سکتی ہے جیسے بل بورڈز، ٹی وی، پرنٹ، ریڈیو، ڈیجیٹل اور سنیما۔
Here are just a few examples of senior government officials spreading misinformation—yet, these are the same people who will be 'regulating fake news'.
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Fact-check: Mohsin Naqvi's claim of 30% crime reduction in Punjab found to be false.
A short thread on the recent developments regarding the military-run corporate agricultural farming project: 🧵
Over the past few months, government ministers have repeatedly claimed that the state land being leased to a military-run private company for corporate agricultural farming is barren and will be developed to address Pakistan’s food security challenges.
However, as shown in this fact check, the land being allocated by the Punjab government for corporate farming in Arifwala is fertile, not barren.
A recent tussle in Pakpattan between Punjab govt and farmers over state land being handed over for the army’s corporate farming raises a key question:
How much of the 4.8 million acres earmarked for corporate farming by SIFC is actually “barren”?
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Farmers in Pakpattan are challenging the Punjab govt's transfer of state land to an army-led corporate farming initiative, according to Lahore High Court documents.
Petitioners argue that they and their families have been cultivating the land for the state since 1928.
Yet, in Dec 2023, the caretaker Punjab govt allocated this land to a military-run private company for corporate farming.