Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain says welfare of journalists and media workers is our top priority.

He was talking to Chairman Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority Lt. General (retired) Anwar Ali in Islamabad on Monday. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib was also present on the occasion.

Matters pertaining to inclusion of journalists in the Prime Minister's Housing programme were discussed in the meeting.

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said in the first phase of the programme, houses will be reserved for six hundred journalists from Islamabad region.

Later on, he said, the programme will be extended to Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala.

The Information Minister said the program will be taken to Peshawar and Quetta.