FAISALABAD: Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora said that the government is committed to protecting rights of the minorities in addition to redressing their genuine problems and providing them all basic amenities at their doorsteps. He was addressing a minority card distribution ceremony at Iqbal Auditorium of University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) here on Sunday. He said that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has introduced several programs for the minority communities. However, minority cards are a historic step of the government for the welfare of minorities. He said that in the first phase minority cards would be distributed among 50,000 individuals selected from about more than 90000 applications purely on merit. However, from next year, the number of its beneficiaries would be increased up to 75,000, he added. APP
