ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a meeting with Information Group Officers here Monday said that strengthening information service was imperative to winning the war of narratives. The officers of the Information Group apprised the minister about the difficulties they were facing in the performance of their professional assignments and other related matters. The Information Minister assured them of his full support and reiterated that matter of career prospects of Information Group officers would be taken up at the highest level including in the task force headed by Dr Ishtar Hussain. Later, Shafqat Jalil Principal Information Officer gave a detailed presentation to the minister with regard to functioning and working of Press Information Department. Chairing a meeting at Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here, the minister said that in view of growing complexities of national and regional issues, governments needed concise information and quality analysis on national, regional and international issues.

Source: Pakistan Today September 10, 2018 18:48 UTC