The artists of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have welcomed the health insurance initiative announced by the federal government in the current financial budget. Aasma Butt, a famous director and producer of film, stage, and TV, who raised her voice for the rights of artists, and the artists of the twin cities thanked the government and Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb for the film finance fund of Rs2 billion in the budget of the next financial year and allocating Rs.1 billion for health insurance for the artists, a news release said on Tuesday.
She said that Marriyum Aurangzeb had become the voice of artists and the real leadership who understood public problems and played a key role in solving them. Aasma Butt expressed these views on the occasion of meeting with Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb at Islamabad National Press Club.—APP
