{
  "id": 838967,
  "title": "Punjab powers ahead with ambitious welfare push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/punjab-powers-ahead-with-ambitious-welfare-push",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T04:21:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/gn-focus/punjab-powers-ahead-with-ambitious-welfare-push-1.500640462"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Punjab has accelerated a range of public welfare, healthcare, transport, environmental and social protection programmes since Maryam Nawaz Sharif became the province’s first woman chief minister in February 2024. One of the government’s flagship initiatives is the Suthra Punjab programme, a province-wide waste management and sanitation project operating across 36 districts. The programme uses…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}