Okara hit headlines in international media during General Musharraf’s regime when tenants of military dairy farms, spread over thousands of acres in the district along the National Highway, resisted the army administration’s plans to change around a century-old Batai system into a rent system in 2000.
This led to a movement for ownership rights by tenants ploughing the fields since 1913, when the land was given by the Punjab government to the military on a 20-year lease that was never renewed. The ongoing struggle has resulted in the deaths of over a dozen tenants inviting the attention of human rights watchdogs across the globe.
Governor Ch Sarwar announces Rs4b water projects
Lahore
April 12, 2021
LAHORE:Governor Ch Muhammad Sarwar has announced starting new projects worth Rs4 billion of Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority from next month.
Filtration plants will also be inaugurated this week in Multan and Muzaffargarh, districts of southern Punjab, to provide clean drinking water to people, Ch Sarwar said was talking to the media along with Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority Chairman Dr Shakeel.
The governor said that on the issue of Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority, bureaucracy, Punjab government and Aab-e-Pak Authority are on the same page due to which work on new projects of the Authority is being expedited and new projects worth Rs4 billion are being launched in May for provision of clean drinking water to the masses.
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LAHORE: Governor Ch Muhammad Sarwar has announced starting new projects worth Rs4 billion of Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority from next month.Filtration plants will also be inaugurated this week in Multan.
A woman has been arrested on charges of shooting her friend in Okara tehsil of Renala Khurd. Police said that the suspect, identified as Lubna, liked victim Saba’s husband. A witness said that the attack took place after the accused came to the victim’s house at Sidra Ghafoor Town. “A fight took place between them on the matter which then turned into a brawl,” the witness said. “She took out her pistol and shot her while we were trying to stop them.” Saba is being treated and is in critical condition. The suspect is in police custody.