--- title: "Punjab bans excavation on newly built roads" description: "Most outlets led with the ban on excavation of newly built roads in Punjab, noting the directive from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to coordinate departmental work to prevent repeated digging. Business Recorder and Dawn provided slightly more context by mentioning the location (Lahore) and the broader aim of the directive, while ARY News repeated its headline without additional details." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/4605-excavation-of-newly-built-roads-banned-in-punjab site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Punjab bans excavation on newly built roads pakistan · latest filing 25 Aug 2026, 12:04 PM PKT · 24–25 Aug 2026 · 5 articles from 5 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 5 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the ban on excavation of newly built roads in Punjab, noting the directive from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to coordinate departmental work to prevent repeated digging. Business Recorder and Dawn provided slightly more context by mentioning the location (Lahore) and the broader aim of the directive, while ARY News repeated its headline without additional details. ## Same story from 5 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [Punjab Bans Digging of Newly Constructed Roads](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/25/punjab-bans-digging-of-newly-constructed-roads/) · 25 Aug 2026, 12:04 PM PKT > Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has ordered a ban on excavation and other damage to newly constructed roads, directing… Read More The post Punjab Bans Digging of Newly Constructed Roads appeared first on ProPakistani. - **Dawn** — [Excavation of newly-built roads banned in Punjab](https://www.dawn.com/news/2025087/excavation-of-newly-built-roads-banned-in-punjab) · 25 Aug 2026, 8:52 AM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has ordered a ban on excavation and any kind of damage to newly-constructed roads, directing departments to coordinate their works to prevent repeated digging of roads. Presiding over a meeting here on Monday to review own-source revenue (OSR) development projects across the province, the chief minister also directed that manholes and sewerage covers be kept ... - **Business Recorder** — [Punjab CM places ban on post-construction road digging](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436376/punjab-cm-places-ban-on-post-construction-road-digging) · 25 Aug 2026, 4:52 AM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has ordered a ban on excavation and any kind of damage to newly constructed roads, directing departments to coordinate their works to prevent repeated digging of roads. The CM also barred officials from collecting any charges from shopkeepers without prior approval and sought separate timelines for all development projects. Presiding over a spec... - **The Express Tribune** — [Digging of new roads banned](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2625719/digging-of-new-roads-banned) · 25 Aug 2026, 2:18 AM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > CM orders departmental coordination to prevent repeated excavation - **ARY News (English)** — [Punjab bans digging on newly built roads](https://arynews.tv/punjab-bans-digging-on-newly-built-roads) · 24 Aug 2026, 9:18 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Punjab CM orders removal of illegal ramps and road obstructions](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5949-cm-punjab-orders-removal-of-illegal-ramps-outside-houses) · 2 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 71% related 5 articles from 5 outlets, 24–25 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.