Govt will issue plates having the photographs of late literary personalities

Lahore:  Punjab government will issue special plates having the photographs of late literary personalities.

On behalf of the Chief Minister Punjab, Salman Sufi, Senior Member SMU (Law & Order) Chief Minister’s office announced at the opening ceremony of Alhamra International Literary and Cultural Festival 2015 that Government of Punjab is taking a historic step to pay  tributes to the  deceased legendary Pakistani literary personalities by providing the citizens with the option of acquiring specialty plates with pictures of these personalities on them.

He elaborated that SMU law and order along with Excise and Taxation are spearheading this initiative. He said that these special plates will contain images of iconic Pakistani literary personalities (deceased) including writers, poets and artists.

He said that the special plates will not only be a medium to express affection and respect for the icon, it will also improve Pakistan’s reputation internationally as positioning Pakistan as a country that pays tribute to arts, literature and to noble causes.

These plates will show the international community that terrorism isn’t a representative of our country, rather our artistic and literary history is our true representation, he added.

Salman Sufi also stated that this initiative is close to the heart of Chief Minister of Punjab who has great respect and admiration for the honorable literary figures of Pakistan and an example of such an initiative can’t be found in other countries of South Asia.

The names of the literary figures that will be included in these specialty plates will be announced soon and the project will be launched in 2016. The event was attended by public as well as notable literary figures that among others included Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Bano Qudsia, Qavi Khan, Intezar Hussain, Munno Bhai, Javed Chaudary and other prominent literary personalities were present on the occasion.