KARACHI: Irshad Ahmed Arif (Daily 92 News Lahore) was unanimously elected as the President and Ijazul Haque (Daily Express Karachi) was elected as the General Secretary in the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) annual elections 2024-25.
According to the details, in the annual elections of CPNE, Anwar Sajdi (Daily Enkhet Karachi) was elected as Senior Vice President, Aamir Mehmood (Kiran Group Karachi) as Vice President of Sindh, Babar Nizami (Daily Pakistan Today Lahore) as Vice President of Punjab, Tahir Farooq (Daily Ittehad Peshawar) Vice President KPK, Yahya Khan Saduzai (Daily Lead Pakistan Islamabad) Vice President Islamabad, Muneer Baloch (Daily Nawai Watan Quetta) was elected Vice President Balochistan.
Ghulam Nabi Chandio (Daily Pak Karachi) as Deputy Secretary General, Syed Hamid Hussain Abidi (Daily Aman Karachi) as Finance Secretary and Zia Tanuli (Daily Final News Lahore) as Information Secretary, Rafi Niazi as Joint Secretary (Islamabad), Waqas Tariq Farooq as Joint Secretary. Secretary (Punjab), Manza Saham was elected as Joint Secretary (Sindh), Mumtaz Ahmed Sadiq as Joint Secretary (KP), Arif Baloch as Joint Secretary (Balochistan) while for other members of the Standing Committee Dr. Jabbar Khattak, Maqsood Yousufi, Qazi Asad Abid, Ikram Sehgal, Mohammad Owais Razi, Mohammad Aslam Mian, Sher Mohammad Khawar, Abdul Khaliq Ali, Ahmed Shafiq, Zulfiqar Rahat, Shahzad Amin, Sardar Mohammad Siraj, Kazim Khan, Adnan Zafar, Ayaz Ali Memon, Fakir Manthar Mangroo, Abdul Rehman. Mangreo, Mohammad Akmal Chauhan, Tanveer Shaukat, Dr. Zubair Mehmood, Fazlul Haque, Tazeen Akhtar, Shakeel Tarabi, Aitzaz Hussain Shah, Ali Ahmed Dhillon, Mahmood Alam Khalid, Ali Hamza Afghan and Syed Intizar Hussain Zanjani were elected.
he newly elected president of CPNE, Irshad Ahmed Arif, thanked the members of CPNE for his election. He said that the government is not ready to listen to critical voices like in the past. The latest example is the defamation of the Punjab government. Bill and the Electronic Crime Act.
He said that making such a law is like imposing new restrictions on the freedom of the press, no law will be accepted without consulting the stakeholders, the situation is being made worse, the power lords want the media to But we will be actively working for the constitutional and democratic right of freedom of expression and journalism with our colleagues as much as possible in this difficult journey.
The newly elected president said that we will continue our journey in the future, God willing, by facing the situation in a good way. Finally, he thanked all the members of CPNE.
Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and others have congratulated the newly elected members of CPNE.
While congratulating the newly elected officials, the President expressed his best wishes and said that it is hoped that the newly elected officials will play their role for the promotion of responsible journalism in the country. Make efforts to promote democracy.
He said that he hoped that the newly elected officials would make efforts for the development of newspapers and journalism in the country, while the media would play a positive role in promoting democratic values and ethics in the country.
The President said that independent journalism is indispensable for the country’s development, democracy and accountability
