Fund for journalists welfare also approved
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Tuesday besides taking several decisions also approved the draft law 2021 for setting up an endowment fund for welfare of eunuchs. Initially, Rs100 million would be allocated for the fund on the direction of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the fund would provide financial assistance to eunuchs as well as training for small businesses.
The government officials would be trained for the welfare of eunuchs said Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif while addressing a press conference about the cabinet meeting decisions. He said the provincial cabinet also approved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Journalists Welfare Endowment Fund Rules 2021. Under the rules, Rs 1 million would be given to the family of a journalist who was martyred in terrorism and Rs 200000 would be given to a journalist who got disabled for any reason.
He said that a grant of Rs 200,000 would be given for the wedding expenses for children of journalists. He said that a journalist with 60 years of age and having 30 years of experience would be given a monthly stipend of Rs 10,000. He added that a journalist who has been fired and rendered unemployed would be given a stipend of Rs 10,000 for two months. In case of death of a journalist or any member of his family, Rs 50,000 would be given as funeral expenses. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet also approved rules prepared in light of minimum Wages Act 2013.
The Cabinet also approved digital skill development program to provide employment opportunities in the field of information technology to the youth and graduates. The CM aide said that cabinet approved Digital Skill Development Program under which modern digital courses would be imparted to one lakh youth and graduates of the province, adding the program costing a total of Rs 5 billion entailed three to six months long courses.
