BAHAWALPUR:Commissioner Bahawalpur Division Raja Jahangir Anwar here on Monday distributed 23 cheques of Rs 5,000 each to members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Diwali.
Social Welfare and Finance departments have arranged relief cheques of Rs115,000 on the occasion of Diwali. Director Social Welfare Sahar Siddiqa, Assistant Commissioner General Liaquat Ali Gilani, Deputy Director Social Welfare Muhammad Uzair, Ashok Lal, and members of the Hindu community were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Commissioner said that minority communities enjoying equal rights in the country and the government was making all-out efforts for their welfare and prosperity. He said that quotas have been allocated for minorities in jobs.