PFUJ Unification Committee assured support for holding elections
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 18 April 2016
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The PFUJ Unification Committee aims to hold fresh elections, with the chairman securing support in Lahore. A visit to Karachi is planned to unify journalists there.Summary
ISLAMABAD - The Unification Committee of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) met here Monday under the chairmanship of M. Ziauddin (pictured) who apprised the members about his recent visit to Lahore to forge consensus for the next PFUJ elections.
He expressed his satisfaction that senior journalists, PFUJ veterans and office-bearers of PFUJ had assured their full support to the committee for holding elections.
The Unification Committee members were of the view that a similar consensus should also be achieved in Karachi. The committee authorized chairman Zia uddin and member Shahid-ur-Rehman to visit Karachi to meet veterans, members of PFUJ as well as senior journalists, previous and present KUJ office-bearers to bring them on one page and achieve consensus.
The Committee also formed a sub-committee to draw a questionnaire which would be sent to all unions of journalists (UJs) to seek their comments on the 2013 elections.
The Committee will conduct fresh elections as well as hold an inquiry into the 2013 elections. The house decided that the election schedule will be issued after the visit of Ziauddin and Rehman to Karachi.
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Key Points
- PFUJ Unification Committee met in Islamabad under M. Ziauddin's leadership.
- Senior journalists pledged full support for the upcoming elections.
- Plans to achieve consensus among Karachi journalists were discussed.
- A sub-committee will prepare a questionnaire regarding the 2013 elections.
- Election schedule will be announced following visits to Karachi.
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