Minister
for Information, Broadcasting and national Heritage Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb
addressing a seminar on Climate change jointly organized by the CPNE and UNDP
said that after checking the phenomenon of terrorism the country was fast
moving towards rediscovering its original narrative. She said that as a
result of the successes achieved in the field of education, climate change,
films and sports the real identity of Pakistan was also being highlighted at
the global level. She said that in the 60s Pakistan had a very vibrant film
industry and Pakistan had a name in sports and other activities.
The MOS said that efforts were needed to be made on
priority basis to deal with the challenges thrown up by the climate change and
also to create awareness among the masses. She said that the media could play a
significant role in informing the people about the government policies and
scientific information on climate changes.
She said that media had played a very significant
role in dealing with terrorism and highlighting Pakistan’s identity among the
fraternity of nation and it could also play a similar role in dealing with
challenges related to climate change.
She informed the audience that speaker National Assembly
Ayaz Sadiq had established a separate secretariat in the parliament for
implementation of the SDGs and the parliament of Pakistan was the first to take
this initiative. She said that there was also a sub-committee of the
secretariat on climate change where all the parties were represented and it was
doing a commendable job.
The minister said that her degree in higher
education also pertained to the subject of climate and before this she also had
been shouldering the responsibility of creating awareness through media. She
said the government was starting a training programme for the journalists in
the Information Service Academy adding women could prove to be better reporters
on climate change.
The minister said that due to relentless efforts of
the government the legal and constitutional state institutions as well as
democracy were gaining strength. She said that the opposition
parties should play a positive role in tackling the challenges confronting the
country and the parliament was the appropriate forum to resolve issues of the
masses. The MOS said that instead of doing politics of criticism for the
sake of criticism and generating unnecessary confrontation, there was a need to
resolve the public issue collectively and take the country forward.
The minister said that International cricket
had been restored in Pakistan and the country was achieving successes in all
domains of national life.
She appreciated the efforts of CPNE and UNDP
for organizing the seminar and also producing a guide book for journalists
regarding reporting issues pertaining to climate change.
The seminar was attended by a big number of
journalists, Senior Vice President CPNE Shaheen Qureshi, Vice President Mehtab
Khan, Director UNDP, editors of the newspaper and representatives of electronic
and print media.
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