Artists playing key role in promoting national culture, identity, says Marriyum

LAHORE-Minister for Info and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday stated that artists have been nationwide asset who play a key position in selling nationwide tradition and growing nationwide id. She expressed these views in a gathering with movie, stage and tv artists right here. “Encouragement of artistic considering is indispensable for the expansion of the society,” the minister remarked.  Within the funds of the following fiscal yr, Rs 2 billion had been allotted for the movie finance fund whereas Rs 1 billion for the medical health insurance of artists, she stated, including that revival and growth of the movie trade was the “high precedence of the federal government”. The minister stated that selling the optimistic picture and true id of Pakistan around the globe was the necessity of the hour. Movies are an essential technique of highlighting a rustic’s tradition, historical past, values, heritage and tourism sector, she added.  The knowledge minister assured to unravel the issues of artists and redress their grievances. The artists expressed their gratitude to the minister for allocating a big sum of money for the movie finance fund and artists’ medical health insurance within the funds. They paid tribute to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the knowledge minister for his or her efforts for the promotion of artwork and tradition and the welfare of artists.