PESHAWAR, Thursday 21:   The Culture Journalists Forum celebrated the World Music Day here Thursday at Peshawar Press Club. Minister for Information and Culture Mian Iftikhar Hussain was the chief guest on the occasion. Addressing the gathering the minister called upon the singers and artiste’s community that they would be provided full protection adding that his government would continue support to them and announced that a grand musical show would be arranged in Peshawar in near future in which some singers and senior artistes would be given financial assistance.   He said that Pashto singers had always projected the soft image of Pashtuns across the globe through their art of singing. Paying rich tributes to the slain young singer.

He said: “I earlier had announced that investigations would be carried regarding killing of her tragic death but I came to know her family members have lodged FIR against her in laws then it means that now the court will decide as to who are the real culprits behind her murder.