Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi has congratulated the newly elected office-bearers of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Photojournalists Association on the unanimous election of all candidates of the Apna Panel.
Minister congratulates newly elected office-bearers of Photojournalists Association
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (APP): Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi has congratulated the newly elected office-bearers of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Photojournalists Association on the unanimous election of all candidates of the Apna Panel.
The minister also congratulated Sajjad Haider on his election as President of the association for the 22nd time, saying that photojournalists play an important role in highlighting the country’s national, cultural and historical activities.
All candidates of the Apna Panel were elected unopposed in the annual elections of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Photojournalists Association.
According to Chairman Election Commission Nasir Mir and member Aamir Lodhi, Sajjad Haider was elected President, Jahangir Chaudhry Senior Vice President, M. Javed and Mudassar Raja Vice Presidents, Sohail Shehzad General Secretary, Muhammad Asim Finance Secretary, Faisal Khan Joint Secretary and Syed Mehdi Information Secretary.
Habib Sheikh, Raja Khalid, Raja Zafar, Abid Zia, Tahir Kazmi, Raja Asim and Umar Farooq were also elected unopposed as members of the Governing body.
Aurangzeb Khan Khichi expressed his best wishes for the newly elected office-bearers and hoped that the new leadership would continue working for the welfare of photojournalists, protection of their professional rights and resolution of their issues.
Sajjad Haider thanked his fellow photojournalists for reposing confidence in him and expressed his resolve to continue efforts for the welfare and betterment of the photojournalist community.
