MUZAFFARABAD , (Parliament Times) : The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan has underlined the need to finalize a comprehensive and vibrant proposals to extend further concessions to the press foundation .
Talking to the Vice Chairman of Press foundation Sardar Zulfikar Ali and Secretary Foundations Raja Azar Iqbal here on Sunday, he directed to finalize a complete working plan for the payment of pension to the elder journalists. He said the government is taking all possible measures for the welfare of the journalists community and the state will fulfill its responsibilities to look after the families of those journalists who have devoted their whole life in this profession and added that the government will set up a pension fund for their welfare.
He also called for taking steps for the capacity building of the information department. He said the government has taken concrete steps for the welfare of the journalists community and added that the buildings of the press clubs are being constructed while the land for the journalists colonies have also been provided. He said all available resources were extended to the journalists community to strengthen the local press despite the corona pandemic. .The Prime Minister was briefed about the implementation of the current and future programme of the foundation.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the professional capabilities of the Director General Public Relations Raja Azar Iqbal and directed him to make the institutions more vibrant. He also directed the information department to take the administrative control of the newly set up Archive in Muzaffarabad