Caretaker Minister for Information Arif Nizami on Tuesday said the government had successfully completed the task of holding free and fair elections and the transfer of power in a peaceful environment, hoping that the new government would resolve the crises confronting the country.
He was speaking at a luncheon hosted in his honour by former information secretary Anwar Mahmud.
Nizami thanked the media for extending full cooperation to him in his task and hoped that the democratic government would complete its mandated tenure. He said the caretaker government fulfilled its responsibility to the best of its ability.
President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar, Information Secretary Agha Nadeem, PEMRA Chairman Chaudhry Rashid, former information secretaries Khawaja Ijaz Sarwar, Saleem Gul, Ashfaq Gondal, Principal Information Officer Imran Gardezi, Additional Information Secretary Mohammad Azam, Joint Secretary Zahoor Barlas and senior officers and journalists were also present.