ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Wednesday that entertainment and the film industry will be given priority by the information ministry as per the new policy.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary told the house during the question hour that the previous government used the massive amount on advertisements for self-projection and its publicity.
The previous government in the center spent Rs17 billion on ads and if the amount spent by the Punjab government is also accumulated then that figures reach Rs40 billion.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has given clear instructions that no amount will be spent for self-projection or the publicity of the government.
Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said the present government will speed up the process of reforms in seminaries. He said this will help bring the seminary students in the national mainstream and also create job opportunities for them.
He said that six hundred and eighty-nine (689) seminaries have been registered in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) while in the rest of the country 176 seminaries have so far been registered.
Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid told the house that the deficit of Pakistan Railways was over Rs30 billion in 2013 while it rose to about Rs41 billion in 2018.
He said that a proposal regarding leasing out the land of Pakistan Railways will be presented in the cabinet meeting.
The chair admitted for discussion an adjournment motion regarding excessive use and sale of antibiotics. It was moved by Mian Muhammad Ateeq Shaikh.
Due to lack of quorum, the house was adjourned to meet again on Thursday.