Fair, secure polls top priority, says Memon
By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD—Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Nisar A. Memon Saturday said that the interim government is fully committed to be neutral and the holding of free, fair and transparent general elections in a secure environment is its prime objective.
While addressing the heads of departments and corporations of the ministry of information and broadcasting, Mr. Nisar A, Memon said, “the interim government will be neutral in its functioning and the holding of free, fair and impartial polls in a secure environment is prime objective. We have no personal agenda and would serve the nation upto the best of our abilities. Continuity of economic policies is also focal point so as to ensure that the economic progress of the country could further be strengthened,” said the Minister. He informed the officials of the ministry that in order to ensure neutrality, he had resigned from the political post which he was holding in the PML (Q).
Nisar A Memon mentioned about his earlier two tenures as Information Minister and said that times had changed since he was Information Minister in 1993 and then in 2002. Now, as he was given the charge of the same ministry again, the challenges have increased manifold, ‘so do the opportunities to face them’, he added.
“Our performance and interaction with the media and other stakeholders will be mainly focused to ensure the continuity of all the good work done earlier and resolve issues which could hamper the holding of free and fair elections,” the Minister said.
The Secretary Information Syed Anwar Mahmood gave a detailed briefing to the Minister on the functioning of the Ministry, its departments and corporations.
Additional Secretary Fazal-ur-Rehman Malik, Chairman PEMRA Iftikhar Rashid, Managing Director APP Rai Riaz Hussain, MD SRBC Tariq Imam, Managing Director PTV Yousuf Baig Mirza, Director General PBC Javed Akhtar, PIO Rashid Chaudhry, Director General EP Wing Sohail Mansoor, Director General IP Wing Syed Fayyaz Shah, Director General Cyber Wing Javed Iqbal Ghouri, Director General Information Service Academy Tahira Zia and other high ranking officers were also present at the meeting.