Efforts on to resolve issues facing Pakhtuns: Amir Muqam.

LAHORE -- Advisor to Prime Minister on National Heritage and Culture Engineer Amir Muqam said on Sunday that the coalition government, led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was making sincere efforts to resolve the issues facing the Pakhtuns in the country, as they all were patriotic Pakistanis.

He was addressing an oath-taking ceremony, organised by the Pakistan Pakhtun Welfare Trust (PWT) Punjab at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Sunday. He said sacrifices rendered by the Pakhtuns for stability and security of the country would always be remembered, adding that 'We always stand by our Pakhtun brethren'.

He said he, as a representative of Pakhtuns, would always raise voice for their rights, adding that every ethnic group in the country should work for betterment of the country by setting aside its personal differences.

He said that issues pertaining to issuance of passports and computerised national identity cards (CNICs) were taken up with the authorities concerned and soon all such issues would be resolved. The law-enforcement agencies should deal with Pakhtuns living in Punjab in polite and professional manner, he advised.

He said it was a mission of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) led government to steer the country out of the crises and put it on the way to progress and development.

He condemned Pakistan...