Shah Basit/Rayees Shah
Ganderbal Press Association has elected a new body after conducting fresh polls through a well-decorated ballot voting process on Thursday.
The elections were conducted at Degree College Ganderbal in the presence of the Chief Guest ADDC Ganderbal Mr Mushtaq Simnani and Principal Mrs Fozia.
Seven candidates were in the fray. Out of 48 total votes polled one vote was rejected.
Mir Aftab (Punjab Kesari) was elected the new president of the Association while others who were elected to different posts included Vice President Ghulam Nabi Raina (Kashmir Uzma /KNT), General Secretary Saleem Wani (Gulistan TV), Spokesperson Haadi Hidayat (ANN) and Treasurer Raja Syed from KNO.
On the occasion, the oath ceremony was also organized under the chairmanship of ADDC Ganderbal, The Newly elected president, vice president general secretary and treasurer took oath to work under the constitution and framework of Ganderbal Press Association, they also gave assurance to work for the benefit of Press fraternity and society on the whole they assured of implementation of free, fair and fearless journalism and pledged to end yellow and pseudo journalism.
After being elected to the new post, President Mir Aftab assured that the Ganderbal Press Association would stand for genuine Journalists of the district through thick and thin.