Pokhara, Jan. 14: Minister for Home, and Information and Communications Purna Bahadur Khadka  has said that a real journalist should never pat on the back of  terrorists who are killing innocent peoples.

Minister Khadka, who was speaking at a reception and get together with journalists organised by Nepal Press Union, Kaski here today, said the journalists should rather use their pens to point the mistakes of the government and awaken it to its weaknesses.

The ministry is considering providing advertisements to all newspapers, he said, adding the government is making efforts to resolve the problems of working journalists.

He also pledged his efforts towards providing advertisements equivalent to Rs. 1 million to newspapers outside Kathmandu Valley.

Nepal Press Union Kaski district president Gangadhar Parajuli and secretary Rabindra Bastola spoke about the problems facing the newspapers and journalists outside Kathmandu Valley.