PESHAWAR: The Culture Journalists Forum (CJF) plans to meet Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan to convey its reservations regarding negligence of culture and arts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata.

The CJF will also convene meetings of artistes, singers, poets, writers and intellectuals for devising a common strategy to pressure the provincial government to announce a unified cultural policy, and incentives for artistes and writers of the militancy-hit region.

This was announced at a meeting here on Wednesday presided over by CJF`s chairman Ihtisham Toru.

Forum`s general secretary Rokhan Yousafzai, vice-president Amjad Ali Khadim, joint secretary Inayatur Rehman, finance secretary Amjad Hadi Yousafzai and press secretary Sajjad Khalil were also in attendance.

The meeting announced district conveners for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata.

The participants showed great concern over the negligence of culture by the incumbent government and denounced its `failure` to announce a solid provincial cultural policy.

The CJF constituted a four-member committee comprising Amjad Ali Khadim, Amjad Hadi Yousafzai, Inayat-ur-Rehman and Sher Alam Shinwari to contact other literary and cultural organisations for convening a meeting in Peshawar in near future.

The meeting deplored the KP government for not keeping its promise made two months go of calling a meeting of artistes and writers to give them financial assistance.

The CJF called for early publication and issuance of the cultural directory prepared during the former ANP-led government which was a complete document.

The participants said that the forum had conveyed valuable suggestions to the government for evolving a concrete cultural policy, but the provincial culture minister failed to give due consideration to the recommendations.

The participants lauded the former ANP-led government for reviving and preservation of literary and cultural activities in the province.

They also decided to write letters to PTI chief Imran Khan and other stakeholders in this regard.

The CJF meeting also announced conveners for KP districts, including Muqadam Khan for Swabi, Faiz Mohammad for Charsadda, Riaz Mayar for Mardan, Abdullah Shah, deputy convener for Mardan, Essa Khankhel for Swat, Riaz Khan for Swat, Abdul Salam Baitab for Bannu, Ramzan Seemab for Dera Ismael Khan, Shaukat Ali for Buner, Sardar Shafiq for Abbottabad, Gohar Ali Gohar for Malakand, Noorul Haq for Battagram and Sher Alam Shinwari for Fata. Conveners for Chitral, Nowshera, Torghar and Kohistan districts will be announced later.