Journalists, newspaper employees, hawkers vow to resist curtailing Eid holidays
KARACHI, Oct 19 (PPI): A representative meeting of Journalists, newspaper hawkers and other newspaper employees held at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday, vowed to resist the decision of the APNS for one day Eid holiday, and constituted a Joint Committee. The committee comprises Maqbool Shah, Senior Vice-President All Pakistan Akbar Faroosh Federation, Mohammad Shafiq, Vice-President All Pakistan Akbar Faroosh Federation, Iqbal Noon, President Anjuman Imdadia Akbar Faroosha, General Secretary, Karachi Union of Journalists, Javed Asghar Chaudhry and General Secretary, All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation, Karachi Committee, Mirza Imran Baig.
It was decided that KUJ, APNEC, Akbar Faroosh will workout the strategy to resist the move to curtail Eid holidays and will not compromise on two-days holiday on the two Eids. Beside above mentioned leaders the meeting was also attended by the President of Akbar Faroosh Federation, Afzal Shah, PFUJ Secretary General, Mazhar Abbas, President Injuman Akbar Faroosha, Iqbal Noon, Chairman APNEC, Karachi Zakir Ansari, Secretary Karachi Press Club, Najeeb Ahmed, President of Pakistan Association of Press Photographers, Shariful Hasan and other office-bearers.
The meeting backed the decision of newspaper hawkers not to distribute the newspapers if the APNS did not withdraw the decision of one holiday on Eid.
President of Akbar Faroosh Federation, Afzal Shah brief the meeting about his talks with APNS leaders and said that Akbar Faroosh, Journalists and other newspaper employees are one in the common struggle and announced that the Committee formed at KPC will continue to work even after Eid for other common issues. Secretary General, PFUJ assured newspaper hawkers of the union support and vowed to continue struggle for common goal.
Source: Dawn
Date:10/20/2006
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