Daily Dunya's Kazim Khan elected CPNE president
Pakistan
CPNE president Kazim Khan pledges to safeguard journalists' rights
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Daily Dunya journalist Kazim Khan has been elected president of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE).
Daily Pak's Ghulam Nabi Chandio has been elected council's Secretary General.
Also, Ayaz Khan from Express News has been elected senior vice president and Tanvir Shoukat from Daily Gharib as deputy secretary general.
CPNE newly-elected president Kazim Khan pledged to protect the journalists. They would continue resisting the unfair use of PECA law, he said, urging the rulers to differentiate between insult and criticism.
Kazim Khan further said the government should distribute the public ads on merit.
Felicitations puring in for CPNE office bearers
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif congratulated the newly elected CPNE office-bearers including President Kazim Khan, Senior Vice President Ayaz Khan, Secretary General Ghulam Nabi Chandio, and Deputy Secretary General Tanveer Shaukat. She expressed hope that the new leadership would promote responsible and independent journalism.
Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan also felicitated the CPNE officials, terming the council's role in upholding press freedom and journalistic integrity as commendable.
In a separate statement, Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind extended good wishes to the CPNE's new cabinet, expressing trust in their commitment to the welfare and professional growth of journalists, and to the advancement of free and fair media.
PTI’s Central Information Secretary Waqas Akram called the CPNE a "bouquet of distinguished voices in journalism," and praised the newly elected leaders for their resolve in defending press freedom amid what he described as a climate of severe censorship and authoritarian pressure.
He labelled journalists standing for truth in the face of state suppression as "national heroes."
