Main I-Day function to be held in Swat

Main I-Day function to be held in Swat
PESHAWAR: This year main function of Independence Day will be held at District Swat instead of Peshawar in which prominent and important personalities will also participate. This was stated by the Pukhtoonkhwa Minister for Information, Transport and Inter-Provincial Coordination Mian Iftikhar Hussain while chairing a meeting regarding the preparation of the upcoming Independence Day at PTV Centre Peshawar on Tuesday. It was decided in a meeting that the Independence Day will be celebrated with full national zeal and fervor and with a pledge that terrorism and militancy will be eradicated for the integrity and solidarity of the country and Pakistan will be made a land of peace by defeating the enemies of the country. It was also decided, besides main function of the Day, national and folk songs and traditional dance will also be displayed and prominent singers and general people participate in large number. The meeting also reviewed the establishment of Pashto TV channel Abaseen and informed that prompt preparation for on airing of the said channel is underway and the government had already earmarked Rs. 40 million for the purpose. The meeting was told as and when more required funds are provided it would be on aired without any delay. Briefly speaking on the occasion, Mian Iftikhar said that holding of Independence Day at Swat was meant to promote national harmony and unity and give realization to the people of restive areas that in this critical moment they are not alone but the whole nation is with them. Referring to the establishment of Abaseen Pashto channel, the Information Minister said that in the present circumstances, setting up of Pashto TV channel and FM Radio Station is need of the hour as distance from cultural activities is also one of the main reason of terrorism and militancy. That is why the provincial government want the promotion of maximum cultural activities and each and every body have to play its due role in this regard, he concluded.