Sindh Info Minister hands over cheque of Rs50m grant to KPC.

KARACHI -- Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Friday, handed over cheque of annual grant of Rs50 million to Karachi Press Club (KPC) on behalf of Sindh government.

President KPC Fazil Jamili and General Secretary Rizwan Bhatti received the cheque. SecAretary Information Abdul RaAsheed Solangi, Director Admin Information Muhammad Yusuf Kaburu were also present on this occasion.

The minister, while speaking on the occasion, said that the anAnual grant would help in the welAfare of journalists and improvAing facilities in the club. Issue of allotting plots to the remaining members of the press club would also be resolved soon, he added.

Pakistan People's Party has always taken practical measures for the welfare of journalists, he said adding that Sindh Cabinet had approved the Commission for the Protection of JournalAists and Media Practitioners the other day after which Sindh had become the only province in the country, which had formed a commission for the protection of journalists. He said that Justice retired Rashid A. Rizvi, a person of excellent reputation, had been selected as the chairman of the commission. He maintained that the establishment of the commisAsion would provide protection to journalists and media workers.

SHARJEEL FOR EXPEDITING BRT RED LINE DEVELOPMENT WORK

Sindh Minister for InformaAtion, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon on Friday directed to expedite developAment work on BRT Red Line projAect so that better transport faciliAties could be ensured to people of Karachi at the earliest.

He while presiding over meetAing of Board of Directors of Trans Karachi further directed to resolve issues being faced by the contractors on priority so that speed of work could be...