Satti out of 92 News, signs up with Geo

JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 12 May 2015

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Satti out of 92 News, signs up with Geo

Senior journalist Waqar Satti has left 92 News to join Geo News as a correspondent. He has a long history in journalism and union work.
Summary

ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and unionist Waqar Satti has resigned from 92News Television and joined Geo News as a correspondent. He was part of the 92 News launch team where he covered different political parties like PTI, JUI-F and PPP. Satti has been in journalism since 1998 and previously worked with Express News Television and Urdu daily Jehan Pakistan as a reporter. He is currently the secretary finance of National Press Club, Islamabad and a former president of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ).

KEY POINTS:

Waqar Satti resigns from 92 News Television.
He joins Geo News as a correspondent.
Satti was part of the 92 News launch team.
He has been in journalism since 1998.
Satti is the secretary finance of the National Press Club.

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