Adviser to Prime Minister Dr Paul Bhatti succeeded in getting the charge of the Ministry of National Harmony. Sources told NNI that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf decided to give the charge of the ministry to his party fellow. Dr Paul Bhatti, the brother of the late Shahbaz Bhatti, belongs to the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party. The notification in this regard has been issued by the Cabinet Division, sources added.
Dr Paul Bhatti met President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and succeeded in convincing them to give him the charge of the ministry. He told them that his family had long affiliation with the party and even his brother Shahbaz Bhatti had sacrificed his life for the cause of the party and to build the party’s liberal image across the world.
On the other hand, Akram Masih Gill MNA who belongs to major coalition partner of the government, Pakistan Muslim League-Q met his party head Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Deputy Prime Minister Ch Pervez Elahi and the prime minister for bargaining to get either slot of the federal minister of National Harmony or charge of the ministry.
Though Paul Bhatti is not a member of the National Assembly or Senate and cannot become a federal minister, but under the rules and regulations, the PM has authority to appoint any one as in-charge of the ministry; and the PM used his powers to appoint Dr Paul as such.
Ustad Salamat Ali’s anniversary observed: One of great maestros in classical music, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, was remembered on his death anniversary on Wednesday.
Ustad Salamat Ali Khan was born in 1934 in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. Salamat Ali Khan was initiated into classical music together with his elder brother Nazakat Ali Khan under the able guidance of their father Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan at the tender ages of five and seven respectively, reported a private news channel. They were initially taught the basis of dhrupad but later concentrated on learning khayal due to its increasing popularity.
It was only after two years of training that they made their debut at the prestigious Harballabh Mela in 1941. At Partition, Ustad Salamat and his family migrated to Pakistan and settled at Multan.
