CM chairs media committee meeting

Lahore, April 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting of media committee at his office here on Tuesday in which Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information Iftikhar Durani, Information Minister Syed Samsam Ali Bukhari, spokesman to CM Dr. Shahbaz Gill, Secretary Information, DGPR and others attended the meeting. The meeting decided to make contacts with the media more effective. The Chief Minister directed to pay the advertisement dues to the newspapers and media houses at the earliest and also issued directions to the finance department in this regard.

He assured that funds will be provided on priority basis for payment of dues of newspapers and media houses adding that no delay should occur in this regard. He said that duties should be performed in an active manner to sensitize the people about the steps of the government relating to the welfare of the people and added that information department and DGPR should project government programs in an effective manner.

He said that government has worked day and night during the last eight months to provide relief to the masses and a new working culture has been introduced. He said that new local bodies system is a public welfare initiative in which powers will be devolved to the grassroots. In the new Pakistan, there is no room for any exploitative local bodies system. Punjab will take a lead in every sector and people will be empowered, the Chief Minister concluded.

For more information, contact:
Directorate General Public Relations, Punjab (DGPR)
Government of the Punjab
21-Mahmood Gaznavi Road (Abbot Road), Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-99201390-1-2
Fax: +92-42-99201371-2
E-mail: info@dgpr.punjab.gov.pk
Website: www.dgpr.punjab.gov.pk