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CPJ selects Mazhar for Press Freedom Award

KARACHI (July 19 2007): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has selected Secretary General of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Mazhar Abbas, for the ‘International Press Freedom Award’.

A statement issued here on Wednesday said the 17th Annual International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA), would be presented at a dinner ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City on November 20.

The award recipients from around the world would be the guests of honour for a very special evening that demonstrates the unity of media in the fight for press freedom, it added.

The statement said the evening is a major media-industry gathering of journalists, publishers, and communications professionals, as well as leaders in entertainment, finance, and law.
Source: Business Recorder
Date:7/19/2007