Journalist colony should be constructed in Mandi Bahauddin:Hameeda Waheed

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Women Development Hameeda Waheed-ud-Din has said that responsible journalism is playing an important role in the promotion of democracy.

She expressed these views while talking to a delegation of journalists today. The Minister said that services of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Hamid Nizami, Majid Nizami, Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman, Prof. Waris Mir and other prominent journalists for the development of the country and democracy are laudable.

The Minister said that she favours setting up of journalist colony in Mandi Bahauddin and said that problems faced by the journalists should be resolved on priority basis.