Lahore—Senior Provincial Minister, Raja Riaz
Ahmed has said that our national media should be
more responsible and credible. He added our
anchors should not be a party against any
government. He disclosed that in his presence,
Dr. Shahid Masood touched knees of Asif Ali
Zardari and after being Chairman of PTV, he has
no right to criticize government for the sake of
his own interests.
Lahore—Experts
are being hired from India for the preservation
of highly precious paintings of renowned artist
Saadqain in Lahore Museum’s Saadqain Gallery
under a project to cost Rs 40 millions. Punjab
Minister for culture and youth affairs,
Dr.Tanvir-ul-Islam stated this while presiding
over the monthly review meeting of development
projects of culture and youth affairs
departments.
Lahore—Need of the hour is to limit fighting in
South Waziristan and implement post-operation
strategy of isolating the militants and bringing
FATAs into mainstream. The gravity of the
situation demands a national government capable
of addressing the root causes of terrorism,
containing US influence in our crucial security
areas, strengthening parliament, combating
rampant corruption and cementing civil military
relationship.
Lahore—Punjab Minister for Population Welfare,
Neelam Jabar Ch Wednesday said that teachers
have respectable place in society and they
should play a pivotal role in grooming student’s
personality. Addressing the oath taking ceremony
of newly recruited educators at Chinot, the
government has recruited 40,000 educators
through transparent procedure purely on merit
for enhancing literacy rate in the province.
Lahore—Consumer courts are playing an
effective role in checking adulteration and
artificial hike in prices and in next few years
these courts will be instrumental in
safeguarding the rights of consumers. Chairman
Task Force for Essential Items, S.A Hamid
expressed these views while presiding over a
meeting of Punjab Consumer Protection Council
here Wednesday.
