LAHORE: Punajb Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on Sunday participated in a mass wedding ceremony where 25 couples tied the knot and each bride was presented gifts worth Rs200,000.

The ceremony was arranged by a trust at Rana Town, where members of brides and grooms families were also present.

The governor presented gifts and cash to the newly-wed couples and prayed for their happy marital life.

Lauding the trust for arranging the ceremony, the governor said: “The world will not remember wealthy people, big investors, nor those with higher status or posts, but only those serving the humanity.”

He said soon such a ceremony would also be arranged at the Governor House.

He urged the philanthropists to make maximum contributions to this sacred cause, while deeming the daughters of the nation as their own daughters.

Speaking to media persons, the governor said the disputed citizenship law had ignited fire in India and Modi government was mounting tension on the Line of Control (LoC) just to divert world’s attention from it. “If India wants to wage a war, then we are also ready to respond in the same coin,” he said.

He regretted that the Indian army was targeting innocent Pakistani nationals by resorting to unprovoked shelling along the LoC. The United Nations and other international institutions should take strict notice of the situation immediately, he said.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2019