Govt wants to resolve NAPA issue through dialogue: Shazia Mari

Updated at: 1224 PST, Thursday, October 23, 2008
KARACHI: Sindh minister for information Shazia Mari said that the government is not against the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) but the Hindu Gymkhana is owned by the Hindu community.

She said that the NAPA can continue its work at the same place or at any other substitute place.

Shazia Mari said this in an exclusive talk with Geo News in the Media Forum held under the ministry for population welfare here at a local hotel.

She said that the government does not want to compel any but it also wants to resolve the issue of the building, where the NAPA came into existence, through dialogue.

Shazia Mari further said that the doors of the government are open all time for dialogue with the NAPA management.

Minister for population welfare Jam Mehtab Daher also addressed the forum