Sindh Chief Minister hosts reception for newly elected body of Karachi Press Club

Karachi, January 18, 2016 (PPI-OT): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that he was keen to provide a housing scheme to the journalists of Karachi that’s why the government has given them plots to construct their houses at Hawks bay. He said this while talking to the newly elected body of Karachi Press Club here at the CM House today where he had hosted a reception for them.

Those who attended the reception include President Press club Fazil Jameeli, Vice President Sajad Abbasi, Treasurer Haneef Akbar, Secretary General AH Khanzada, Joint Secretary Mohammad Rizwan and members of the governing Shams Kirio, Mohammad Ahmed, Hina Mahgul Rind, Nawab Qureshi and Manzoor Chandio. Special Assistant to CM Waqar Mehdi was also present on the occasion.

The newly elected members of the press club thanked the chief minister for invitation and requested him to solve the problems of their housing scheme the Sindh government has given to journalists at the Hawks bay. The chief minister assured the newsmen that he would personally visit the scheme and solve the problems. “We would carry out development works in journalist society very soon and would try to shoulder your (journalists} financial burden,” he said.

The chief minister also said that the Sindh government in collaboration with Karachi Press club would organise Sindhi and Urdu mushaera (Literary session} in March. A formal consultation on the poetry session would be made next month. The chief minister accepting the invitation of the office bearers of Karachi Press Club vowed to visit the club and solve all their problems.

For more information, contact:
Mr. Allah Bachayo Memon
Press Secretary
Chief Minister House
Tel: +92-21-99202019
Cell: +92-300-3524057 (Ext: 336)
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