The new office bearers of the CPNE. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The general body meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) elected Mujeebur Rahman Shami, the chief editor of Daily Pakistan, Lahore, as its president Dr Jabbar Khattak, the chief editor of Daily Awami Awaz, Karachi, as its general secretary on Saturday.
Mujeebur Rahman Shami said that the organisation has a long history of sacrifices for the sake of press freedom and its members will not let anyone usurp this liberty at gunpoint.
Meanwhile, Ilyas Shakir was elected senior vice-president of the council while Owais Khushnud as Punjab vice-president, Shaheen Qureshi as Sindh vice-president, Tahir Farooq as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa vice-president, Senior Editor of Daily Express Ayaz Khan as vice-president Islamabad-Rawalpindi, and Siddique Baloch as the Balochistan vice-president.
Mushtaq Ahmed was elected as joint secretary and Hamid Hussain Abidi as finance secretary. Earlier, 35 members were elected for the standing committee in the general body meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2013.
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