His nomination also was rejected in the district of Kasur in central Punjab province.
In 2009 accusations of blasphemy led a mob to attack Christians in Gojra in Punjab province.
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This isn't surprising considering his own Punjab province is a hotbed of militant activity in the south.
The youngest was identified as 20-year-old Shoaib, alias Soheb, who was said to be from Punjab province.
Participants from all over Punjab Province and other provinces of Pakistan attended the first Session of the workshop.
According to Pakistani authorities, Rashid left the UK weeks after the death and stayed in the Punjab province.
Mr Sharif's victory is largely confined to his native Punjab province, which has nearly 60% of the country's population.
The chief minister of Punjab province has ordered an inquiry to submit a report to him within 72 hours.
The attack on Ms Mai took place in the village of Meerwala, in southern Punjab province, in February 2002.
Against this backdrop, UNESCO Islamabad proposed to promote the objectives of the Convention through capacity-building initiatives in the Punjab Province.
China has already provided Pakistan with two nuclear reactors, each with a capacity of 300 MW, at Chasma in Punjab province.
It said that nearly 890, 000 people have been affected in Punjab province and 700, 000 people affected in the province of Balochistan.
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Initially, it also said it would take over the group's many hospitals and schools allegedly including over 170 schools in Punjab province alone.
The driver of one parked outside Karachi airport, Sajjad Hussain, said he had come from Punjab province in a convoy of 100 buses.
Last week a double suicide attack at a munitions plant in the town of Wah in Punjab province left nearly 70 people dead.
When we fled Swat, we went to the city of Attock in Punjab province, right on the border with the North West Frontier Province.
He first came to national prominence during the early days of Gen Zia's martial law, serving as Punjab province's finance and then chief minister from 1985-1990.
He was in charge of terrorist activities in southern Punjab province and worked to recruit suicide bombers and facilitate suicide attacks, one of the officials said.
The report said the operative was arrested in the eastern Punjab province in 2003 on suspicion of killing six people from the minority Shiite Islamic sect.
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On Monday she was taken from her home to meet the chief minister of Punjab province to discuss her demand that the 12 stay behind bars.
The most highly publicised is the case of Mukhtar Mai, 33, who was raped in Punjab province in 2002, allegedly on the order of a village council.
The torrent headed south, following the course of the Indus river, wrecking lives and infrastructure in the heart of Pakistan, Punjab province, and, by-mid week, in Sindh.
Nadeem Babar is addressing Pakistan's severe power shortage right where it's needed the most: in the wheat and cotton fields and the textile factories spread across the vital Punjab province.
The Islamist right has rallied against any change, which is not on the cards especially since the assassination last month of Salman Taseer, governor of Punjab province, for his support of reform.
In renewed clashes overnight, authorities in Pakistan said at least five people were killed and eight others injured when Indian troops shelled the Pakistani border village of Bajra Gahri in Punjab province.
The PML-N - which rules Punjab province with the support of Mr Gilani's PPP - was a partner in the central government's ruling alliance, but withdrew two years ago because of political differences.
American efforts to free their man plodded along slowly, hampered in part by politicians, notably the rulers of Punjab province, who were happy to milk anger on the street to bolster their own popularity.
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Almost a year after floods devastated Pakistan, swamping 5.8 million acres of farmland and displacing millions of people, Ashaq Malik, who grows cotton, sugarcane and wheat on 865 acres in Punjab province, has reason to feel optimistic.
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The midmorning blast in a farming village near Mian Channu, in Punjab province, appeared to have been caused by explosives stored in the house of a teacher who had set up a small religious school, a police official said.
Security forces reported at least four bombings at or near polling places around the country, and one person was killed, as supporters of Sharif's party exchanged gunfire with members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q in the northwestern Punjab province.
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