President approves Rs 10 million assistance package for needy writers, artists

Government of PakistanPresident approves Rs 10 million assistance package for needy writers, artists

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday approved an assistance package of more than Rs 10 million for the needy writers and artists belonging to all four provinces.

The president gave this approval during the 8th meeting of Steering Committee for Federal Government Artists Welfare Fund at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad.

President Mamnoon said that he was chairing the last meeting of this committee of his tenure, and hoped that this welfare fund will continue to provide support to needy artists. He thanked all the members of the committee and philanthropists for their participation and efforts in this charitable task of resolving the issues of the artists.

Mamnoon Hussain emphasized that writers, poets and artists are the valuable part of the society who promote positive image of the Country. He underscored that society must also take care of them in the hour of need.

The president said that the federal government artists welfare fund will be enhanced so that assistance could be provided to more artists. Several suggestions to increase the welfare fund were also discussed in the meeting.

The members of the Steering Committee Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Zeba Muhammad Ali, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Qawi Khan, Salman Alvi, Mustafa Qureshi, Najeeb Ullah Anjum and senior officials were present in the meeting.

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