Fact-checking and corrections policy

We want every guide to match the official source. If you find a mistake, please tell us. Readers often spot a new notice on a portal before we do, and a quick report helps thousands of other applicants.

How to report a mistake

Email info@punjabpublicguide.com, or use the contact form and choose “Report a mistake”. Tell us which guide you mean and what you think is wrong, for example a last date that has changed, a fee that is different or a link that no longer works. The most useful thing you can add is a link to the official notice or portal page that shows the correct information, because we correct guides only against official sources. A screenshot from a WhatsApp group or a social media post is welcome as a lead, but on its own it is not enough for us to change a guide. Please do not send your CNIC, B-Form, bank details or any personal documents; we never need them to check a fact.

What happens after you report

An editor reads every report and checks it against the official source, aiming to do so within two working days, and faster for schemes that are open. If the guide is wrong, we fix it and update the “Last verified” date at the top. For a correction that changes a fact a reader may have relied on, such as a date, an amount, an eligibility rule, a document or a status label, we add a short dated correction note at the end of the guide that says what changed and when. Small fixes, such as a spelling mistake or a broken link to the same official page, are corrected without a note. If the guide was right and the report was mistaken, we reply to explain which official page we used, so you can check it yourself.

When official sources disagree

Sometimes two official sources say different things. For example, two pages of the same loan portal may describe the grace period differently, or a department’s overview page may still show the rules of an earlier phase while the new application portal shows updated rules. In these cases we do not quietly choose one version. We show both, say clearly that they disagree, explain which one appears newer, and advise readers to confirm with the department’s helpline before acting. When a newer official source settles the question, we update the guide and add a correction note. We follow the same approach when a state media report gives a figure that we cannot find on any department page: we report it, name the source, and say it is not yet confirmed officially.