BAHAWALPUR: The Deputy Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan for South Punjab, Syed Zeeshan Akthar has said that journalist community had been playing remarkable role for development of society.
In a press release issued here, he said that journalists always played role of eyes and ears of a society. He, however, said that journalists were not provided due facilities from the certain quarters. Akhtar said that as a part of a society, journalist community deserved relief and cooperation from the government.
He urged the Punjab government to provide land for building a journalist colony in Bahawalpur as the journalists of Bahawalpur region could not get their colony so far like that of Lahore, Multan and other cities.