Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi says an Endowment Fund worth one billion rupees is being set up for the welfare of the artist community.

He was talking to senior film producers Sheikh Amjad Rasheed and Rana Khalid Manzoor in Lahore today (Sunday).

Chief Minister said financial assistance amount for the deserving artists has been raised from five thousand rupees to twenty-five thousand rupees.

On the occasion, Sheikh Amjad Rasheed thanked the Chief Minister for announcing an Endowment Fund for the artist community.