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Lahore: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami announced Saturday that a Journalists Endowment Fund has been instituted with the seed money of Rs 10 million to compensate families of those journalists killed during discharge of their
professional duties in combat zones.
Speaking to media persons after the federal cabinet meeting here
he said that the fund has been constituted on the occasion of World
Press Freedom Day observed all over the world on Friday.
He hoped that Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and All
Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) would contribute Rs 5 million
each to the fund.
The Minister said that during his recent visit to Balochistan, he
noticed that media does not venture for coverage in the far flung
area of the province and people there rely on Radio Pakistan. He said in view of this approval has been taken from the Prime Minister
for installation of a new Radio transmitter in Balochistan.
