Secy info highlights media's role in promoting national solidarity.

ISLAMABAD -- Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Shahera Shahid on Monday said the media's role was crucial in promoting national solidarity.

Addressing a dialogue titled 'Role of Mass Media in Promotion of National Unity' here at the Information Service Academy here, she said the information ministry had a close relationship with the mass media and despite facing many challenges, it had to play a critical role in modern times.

'The world is changing and we have to take along all the media,' she added.

Shahera Shahid said the ministry was organizing various events regarding Pakistan's 75th anniversary to celebrate the creation of the country in a befitting manner.

She said ISA had organized an important discussion regarding the role

of mass media in promoting national unity. ISA Director General Saeed Javed said multiple events were being

organized by the Information Academy in connection with Pakistan's 75th anniversary. Informative quiz programmes were also being arranged about the country's history in which students from different educational institutions would participate, he added.

Former Federal Information Secretary Ashfaq Gondal said...