Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday visited the residence of late poet, Habib Jalib, and presented a cheque of Rs500,000 to his widow. Talking to media on the occasion, the minister said that this financial help was being given to the widow of the late poet by Federal Information Ministry on the direction of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The minister said that she would request the president and the prime minister for permanent financial package to ease the problems of the late poet's family.
Dr Firdous said that she was here to pay tribute to Habib Jalib for his services and express solidarity with his family.
She said that she and President Asif Ali Zardari's sister Faryal Talpur attended the valima party of Chaudhry Salik Hussain, the son of PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain yesterday on desire of the president and the prime minister.
She said that they had attended valima ceremony as a good will gesture and not went there with any package.
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