FAISALABAD City News

Announcement of ministry to promote Ilm-o-Adab lauded

From Our Correspondent

FAISALABAD: The decision of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to establish a separate ministry for the promotion of Ilm-o-Adab and appointing Irfan Siddiqui as its Federal Minister in-charge was lauded.

In a joint statement, PML-N leaders Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali, Kashif Nawaz Randhawa, and Hafiz Shafique Kashif hailed the PM decision and expressed confidence that the ministry would help regulate the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Quaid-e-Azam Paper Wing, Urdu and Science Dictionary Board, Quaid-e-Azam Academy, Iqbal Academy, Quid-e-Azam Memorial Fund, Shalimar Recording Company and National Book Foundation in a proper and effective way.

HAJ OPERATORS ASSOCIATION ELECTION: Hafiz Shafique Kashif was elected un-opposed Chairman of the Haj Operators Association, Punjab, who was hitherto discharging his duty as Vice-Chairman of the Haj Operators Association Pakistan (HOAP).

In his statement, he thanked the Haj Operators for electing him. He vowed promoting the cause of Haj operations. He urged the government to increase the Haj quota.