Pakistan Paying Price Of Saying “Absolutely Not”, Says Fawad Chaudhary

The Federal Minister for Information and broadcasting says the federal cabinet has approved 44 percent increase in the house rent ceiling of government employees.

ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-Sept 21st, 2021) Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary has said that Pakistan is paying price for saying “absolutely not” that New Zealand and England tours have been cancelled.

He was referring to the statement of Prime Minister Imran Khan on Pakistan policy in context of Afghanistan couple of weeks ago while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.

This was announced by the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry while briefing media about the decisions taken in the federal cabinet, which met in Islamabad today with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair.

He said house rent ceiling of government employees is revised every three years and the PTI government has taken this step to provide massive relief to the federal government employees from Grade-1 to 22.

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said the cabinet approved inclusion of Uzbekistan to Business visa List under which Pakistani embassy in Tashkent can issue multiple visas for five years to the business community. He said it is a step forward to strengthen business and trade relations between the two countries.

He said import and exhibition of regional countries movies have also been allowed to revive cinema and film industry in Pakistan.

He said Canadian Punjabi movies and films from Iran and Turkey will be exhibited in Pakistani cinemas. He said the government is providing incentives to cinema houses and a massive relief is being given to the film industry on taxes.

The Minister said that Pakistan's polio eradication efforts have yielded positive results and only one case has been reported in last seven months, which is a great success against polio. He expressed the hope that Pakistan is on the way to become a polio free country.

He said that the cabinet on the request of World food Programme granted a one-time relaxation in import policy rules for release of shipments from Saudi Arabia.

The Minister said 7th census will be completed in 18th months as the next general election will be held under new census and delimitations of Constituencies.

The Minister said we are working on the legislations for legal action against people uploading immoral content on social media.

The Minister said we are introducing ADR system in the Federal Capital to lessen the burden on our courts. He said initially family disputes will be resolved through ADRs.