Budgam, Feb 17 (KNO): The Budgam working journalist association (BWJA) in a bid to strengthen the media scenario and address the problems faced by journalists, held an election on Wednesday to constitute its body.
The election was held at Sheikh-Ul-Alam hall in Central Kashmir's Budgam district.
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the voting process was attended by all the professional Journalists of the district and around 30 members participated in the election.
A spokesperson of the association said that Tawqeer Ganie of 4TV was unanimously elected as president while KNO Budgam reporter Naveed Ul Haq was elected as vice-president of the association.
He said that Arif Bashir of ETV Bharat was elected as General Secretary and Mohammad Afzal Bhat of UNI as the treasurer of the association.
He said that the newly constituted body vowed to take up the issues confronting the journalists of the district and ensure all media ethics are adhered to.
The spokesperson said that Budgam based journalists thanked the election organising body for holding the free and fair election.
Meanwhile, Executive Editor Kashmir News Observer, Abid Bashir congratulated the newly elected body of BWJA in general and Budgam KNO reporter in particular for being elected as vice-president of the association—(KNO)