Prime
Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today met special children from various
schools and institutes at Prime Minister office.
Minister
of State for Capital Administration and Development Division Dr. Tariq Fazal
Chaudhary, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Mr. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui,
MNAs Ms. Shiza Fatima Khawaja and Ms. Romina Khurshid Alam were also present
during the meeting.
The
children were extremely delighted to interact with the Prime Minister. One
young student beautifully recited a Naat and others shared their future
aspirations. The Prime Minister appreciated their keen interest in education
and their enthusiastic participation in various curricular and extra-curricular
activities. Emphasizing upon the importance of education towards realizing full
human potential, the Prime Minister said that education was key to progress and
that the pursuit of knowledge must continue regardless of age.
While
sitting in the cabinet room, the children were briefed about the working of the
government. The meeting was part of the initiative to invite Pakistan’s
schoolchildren to the highest office of government and to introduce them to the
inner workings of the Federal Cabinet.
The
children also raised some issues specific to the needs of physically challenged
children and some specific suggestions for the federal government to provide
more support to special education. The Prime Minister assured them that the
Government would look into these issues and resolve them on a priority basis.
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