Promoting Literature: PAL to set up more offices in G-B, AJK 
                This was revealed by Adviser to Prime Minister on Information Irfan Siddiqui on Tuesday
                
                    
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                        This was revealed by Adviser to Prime Minister on Information Irfan Siddiqui on Tuesday. PHOTO: FILE    
                        
                                    
                
                    
                
                
                                                                                            
                                        ISLAMABAD: 
            
        
            The National History and Literary Heritage (NHLH) division are planning to establish more offices of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and in Sindh to acknowledge the contribution of local unsung poets, writers and other literary figures. This was revealed by Adviser to Prime Minister on Information Irfan Siddiqui on Tuesday.  “After establishing PAL’s office in Multan recently, the division is planning to expand the circle of literary activities of the academy to other provinces including Sindh, Azad Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan,” he said. He added that local committees comprising of renowned literary personalities will review the literary work of locals and the NHLH division will take responsibility for printing and publishing selected works. To a question, Siddiqui said they were also considering establishing an office of PAL in Sukkur.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2017.
                                                            
                
                
                                                            
                       
                    
                                    
                                    
                          
                
                
                                                    
                                            
             
                            
            
        
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