SRINAGAR, DECEMBER
23: The
office bearers of Kashmir Press Club called on the Minister for Finance, Labour
& Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu here today to discuss the issues confronting
the media fraternity in the Valley.
The Press Club delegation was led by
its President M Saleem Pandit. It also included Vice-President Shuja-ul-Haq and
Secretary Administration Asif Qureshi.
The officer bearers of the Press Club
Kashmir demanded immediate handing over of the 9-HB building at Polo View
Srinagar to the PCK so that it is made functional as maiden Aiwan-e-Sahafat in
the summer capital.
They also demanded speedy
operationalization of the J&K Journalists’ Welfare Scheme, for which the Government has already
earmarked a corpus fund of Rs 2 crore.
The Finance Minister assured the
Press Club office bearers to support the journalistic fraternity in their
endeavour and get the needful done regarding handing over of the identified
building at Polo View and its refurbishing for setting up the Aiwan-e-Sahafat
Srinagar.
Dr Drabu also agreed to consider the
demand of the working journalists for extending national pension scheme and
health insurance cover to the accredited journalists of J&K.
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