LAHORE, June 22: Family, friends and fans paid a tribute to the late Jamil Fakhri at a reference held at Alhamra Art Centre on Wednesday.

Evacuee Property Trust Board Chairman Asif Hashmi presided over the reference, and announced naming Qila Lakshman Singh Chowk after Jamil Fakhri, the veteran TV and film artiste.

He also announced Rs500,000 for the widow of Fakhri. She donated the sum to a charity for needy artistes. Mr Hashmi said he would arrange a meeting of Fakhri's family with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. He said in the next elections Pakistan People's Party would issue two tickets to the artistes to contest elections.

Artistes Shujaat Hashmi, Sheeba Butt and Hamid Rana held Fakhri in high esteem and said that his death was an irreplaceable loss for the entertainment industry. — Staff Reporter