Poet remembered gives Rs0.5m to Jalib’s widow

Adviser to the Prime Minister gave the cheque as financial assistance on behalf of PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.

LAHORE: Adviser to the Prime Minister Aslam Gill on Monday visited the residence of renowned poet and intellectual Habib Jalib and handed over a cheque of Rs0.5 million to his widow as financial assistance on behalf of  PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. “The prime minister has specially sent me to Lahore to inquire after the Late Habib Jalib’s widow and present the cheque for her medical treatment,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 31^st, 2012.