The government is chalking out a new development programme for the minorities, said the Governor of Sindh, Muhammad Zubair on Sunday. Talking to a delegation of the Minorities Wing of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Sindh, which led by its president, Dr Sham Sundar Advani, called on him at the Governor House here.

Muhammad Zubair lauded the contribution of the minorities community towards development and economic progress of the country and said that this is worth emulation.

The Governor said that the government is providing representation of the members of the minorities' community so that they could contribute more actively towards the development and economic progress of the country.

He stated that the federal and provincial governments are offering scholarships to students from minorities.

Muhammad Zubair announced that the government is chalking out an economic and development programme for the minorities so that they could play their role more actively in nation building.

Dr Sham Sundar Advani apprised the Governor of the problems faced by minorities.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2017