After Pesh Imams, KP CM announces monthly stipend for prayer leaders of minority communities

(MENAFN- Tribal News Network) NOWSHERA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak Monday said the prayer leaders belonging to the minority communities would also get monthly stipend like the pesh imams of mosques.

The chief minister made this announcement while addressing a function organised in connection with the Diwali, Lohri and Shivratri festivals of the minority Hindu and Sikh communities in his hometown Nowshera. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has already announced that pesh imams in the province would receive Rs10,000 monthly stipend.

Mr Khattak said the KP government has increased the funds for welfare of minorities from Rs20 million to Rs187 million. He said the PTI would raise the funds meant for welfare of minorities to Rs1 billion if given another term in government in the coming general elections.

The CM felicitated the members of the minority communities on the occasion of celebration of their religious festivals. He said the PTI would stand by the minorities and work for the welfare of the members of marginalised groups. The chief minister said that minority members were patriotic citizens and contributing to the development and peace of the country.

Coordinator to Chief Minister for Minorities Affairs Ravi Kumar, Secretary Auqaf Hidayat Khan and a large number of members of Christian, Hindu and Sikh communities were also present on the occasion.

Ravi Kumar said in his address that the rights of minorities have been acknowledged for the first time in the province under the PTI government.

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