Functions of Different Sections of the Information and Public Relations Department

 Functions of P.I (Press Information) Section

The foremost duty of Press Information Section is to give publicity to the activities of the Provincial Government Chief Minister, Cabinet members and various departments. It highlight the developmental activities of the Government and its various policies to help inform and aware the general public about it. This section is responsible to cover the functions of the Governor, Chief Minister/Provincial Ministers/other Government or semi-Government departments as well as N.G.Os and VIPs.

This section deputes a covering team for the purpose which includes one Information Officer (Reporter), a photographer and a Video team. If the function is of special importance and nature where the presence of President, Prime Minister, Governors, Chief Ministers and other VIPs is expected, then this section take special arrangements to ensure the participation/attendance of the media-men if so directed. For this purpose, it prepares a list of the newsmen and send it to the Special Branch(local intelligence office) for issuance of security passes/badges, it also collect these passes and distribute among the media men including senior reporters, photographers and video teams before the arrival of VIPs at the Airport, Railway Station or the avenue of the function.

This section also make necessary arrangements to provide transport facility to the media-men on certain occasions and inform them in writing or through telephone that official transport will be available to them at such place and will leave at such time on the prescribed day and date. The Information Officer on duty also ensures that a separate enclosure adjacent to the Dias of the VIP is reserved for the press-men so that they could not face any problem in taking of notes of the speech or photograph of the function/public meeting. After the meeting is over, the information department also facilitate the press-men to drop them back to their offices or at least the place from where they were picked so that they could file their stories easily will-in-time. This section also arrange to supply photographs/press clipping to the VIPs/Ministers to let them know that how much publicity has been given to them through the Information Service. This Section which is headed by an Assistant Director or Information Officer is responsible for the overall publicity of the Government Developmental Program of various Ministers. About 24 Information Officers are working under the A.D (PI).

At present one Information Officer is working as P.R.O to two Provincial Ministers simultaneously. A P.R.O also prepares speeches for his ministers in English and Urdu for different occasions. Moreover various developmental activities are being highlighted through various articles by these P.R.Os or the other assisting staff The In charge of P.I Section also supplies a list of media men/Information Officers, P.R.Os to the NWFP Assembly Secretariat which consequently issue Assembly Gallery Cards for the coverage of Assembly Session. Then these cards are being distributed among the concerned people.