ISLAMABAD:
The representatives of all the three factions of the Pakistan Federal
Union of Journalists have agreed to unite all the groups.
According
to a press release, the decision was taken at a meeting of the
Reunification Committee held here today. The committee consists of
senior journalists IA Rahman, Hussain Naqi, M. Ziauddin, Nasir Zaidi,
Khawar Naeem Hashmi and Idrees Bakhtiar. The representatives of the
three factions, Afzal Butt, Pervaz Shaukat and Idrees Bakhtiar, signed a
memorandum of understanding to unite the three factions. Rana Azeem and
Amin Yusuf were also taken on board on phone.
The matter
will be taken to the respective Federal Executive Council of the various
factions for final approval by August 25. The Reunification Committee
will again meet on Aug 30 to announce the final decision and suggest the
future strategy of unification.
The meeting was also
attended by senior journalists Farooq Faisal Khan, Khursheed Abbasi,
Mazhar Abbas, Arshad Ansari, Shafiq Awan and Nisar Abbas, who also
contributed their valued suggestion for resolving the disputes.
It
is for the first time that after a long period of 36 years, the various
factions of PFUJ sat together and resolved to unite the journalist
organizations in the interests of working journalists and freedom of the
Press.
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