KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon handed over annual grant cheques to Sukkur, Mirpurkhas Press Clubs, and Sukkur Union of Journalists.
The provincial minister presented Rs5 million each to Mirpurkhas Press Club, Sukkur Union of Journalists and Sukkur Press Club. The grant cheque of Sukkur Press Club and Sukkur Union of Journalists was received by PFUJ Finance Secretary Lala Asad Pathan, President SUJ Saleem Sahito and President Sukkur Press Club Shahzad Tabani.
President Mirpurkhas Press Club Nazeer Panhwar, General Secretary Atif Baloch and Governing Body members Shaukat Panhwar and Wahid Pehlwani received the cheque for Press Club Mirpurkhas.
On this occasion, Secretary Sindh Information Department Imran Atta Soomro, Director Admin Muhammad Yusuf Kabooro, Regional Director Information Mirpurkhas Hizbullah Memon, Director Press Information Syed Hasan Asghar Naqvi and other officers were also present.
Memon while speaking on the occasion said that the Sindh government was taking measures to ensure provision of the facilities in all press clubs of the province, adding that resolving the problems of journalists was among the priorities of the Sindh government.
Apart from the press club, he stated, that the government was also extending full cooperation to journalist organizations so as to ensure the welfare of journalists. He said that Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had directed the Sindh government to solve the issues facing the journalists. Memon said that Pakistan Peoples Party had always introduced policies for the promotion of independence of media and for the welfare of media workers.