Media's role for national progress acknowledged.

KASUR -- Punjab Minister for Population Welfare Col (r) Sardar Hashim Dogar said that the media of Pakistan had proved it to be the first pillar of the state by positively highlighting social and economic problems of the country.

He stated these remarks during an address to the oath-taking ceremony of the new office-bearers of Kasur Press Club (KPC) and other media organisations here the other day.

He said that the national electronic and print media made such topics of its discussion i.e. administrative reforms, role of national institutions, etc. which helped maintain a balance between the institutions.

On the occasion, senior anchor person Sohail Warraich, Editor The Nation Salim Bokhari, Rana Azeem of Punjab Union of Journalists, Lahore Press Club General Secretary Zaid Abid, Dunya TV Lahore Bureau Chief Arsalan Bhatti, MNA Mian Saad Waseem Sheikh, former MNA Mian Waseem Akhtar Sheikh, PTI leader Dr Azimuddin Lakhvi, and others attended the ceremony.

The new KPC office-bearers who were administered oath included: president Haji Sharif Mehr, senior vice president Imran Faizi, vice president Zakir Hussain Khan, second vice president Tauseef Ahmed Shad, general secretary Aslam Khan Mayo, joint secretary Mehr Abdul Ghaffar, finance secretary Hafiz Abdul Waris, information secretary Mian Imran Shehzad Ansari, secretary ceremonies Shehzad Kamboh, office...