INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
News directors, editors, and senior media professionals belonging to different television channels in a group picture following the meeting
in Lahore on Monday, September 23, 2019.LAHORE: Senior media professionals belonging to television news channels met in Lahore on Monday and
decided in principle to form an association of news directors and editors.It was agreed that there is a need to have such an organisation to
ensure the professional growth of electronic media and confront various challenges faced by news channels, including pressures to curb
freedom of expression.The meeting formed a core committee with the aim to prepare a draft constitution and contact directors news and
editors of all news channels for the next meeting, where a formal shape will be given to the proposed organisation.Representatives of the
Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), headed by its President, Arif Nizami, and Secretary General, Dr Jabbar Khattak, as well as
senior newspaper editors including Mujibur Rehman Shami, Zaffar Abbas, Saleem Bokhari, Ayaz Khan, Sohail Warraich, and Aamir Ghouri
participated in the meeting and provided their valuable input.The meeting was attended by Azhar Abbas (Geo TV), Fahd Husain (Express News),
Rashid Mahmood (Aaj News), Zahid Mazhar (Dawn News), Fazil Jamili (Jang Web), Imran Mir (Aap News), Sarmad Salik (Indus News), Khurram
Kaleem (City 42), Farooq Majeed (92 News), Rana Jawad (Geo News), Muhammad Usman (Neo TV), Ansar Naqvi (24 News), Farhan Mallick (Samaa TV),
Ahmad Waleed (Samaa TV), Habib Akram (Dunya TV), Mian Tahir (24 News), and Shiraz Hasnaat (Hum News).TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified
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