Special Assistant to the PM Irfan Siddiqui is elevated to the status of Advisor

Lahore: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Irfan Siddiqui was Tuesday elevated to the status of  Advisor and would head the newly created division of National History and Literary Heritage.

A notification in this regard was issued after  President Mamnoon Hussain approved the summary forwarded by  the Prime Minister for his appointment.

According to another notification, the creation of new division of National History and Literary Heritage was also approved by  the Prime Minister to oversee the functioning of all the educational, literary, research, and historically important institutions.

Earlier, these were parts of ministries including Information Ministry, Cabinet Division etc.

Pakistan Academy of Letters, Quaid-e-Azam Papers Wing,  Urdu Dictionary Board, Urdu Science Board, National Language  Authority, Quaid-e-Azam Academy, Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Iqbal Academy,  Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum Management Board, Quaid-e-Azam Memorial Fund, National Book Foundation, Department of Archaeology and Museum, Shalimar Recording Company besides institutions promoting national and regional languages would work under the new division.