Punjab govt directs sugar mills to start cane crushing from Nov 25.

The Punjab cabinet on Friday directed the sugar mills to start the sugar cane crushing from November 25.

For the fourth time, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi presided over a meeting of the provincial cabinet, which included provincial ministers, advisers, SAPMs, the Chief Secretary, and other concerned officials, and praised Dr Sania Nishtar's role in the success of the Flood Relief Programme.

CM Pervaiz Elahi expressed his admiration for Dr Sania Nishtar and her team for distributing Rs 12 billion through the Flood Relief Programme - which Elahi described as 'exemplary' - to flood-affected people [over 55,000 affected].

CM Elahi slammed the Sindh government over the Flood Relief Programme, saying that the Punjab government allocated a package worth Rs1 billion for Sindh but that no work had been completed.

In the midst of disease outbreaks in Sindh, the leaders - the Sindh rulers - are only concerned with politics. He also berated the Sindh government for not conducting a survey under such circumstances.

In addition, the decision to include the Bank of Punjab (BOP) in the Ehsaas Ration Programme was approved at the meeting, and the provincial cabinet also...