Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Thursday congratulated the newly elected office bearers of the Islamabad High Court Journalists Association (IHCJA).
He felicitated IHCJA’s President Fayyaz Mehmood, Senior Vice President Hussain Ahmed, Vice President (Women) Ambreen Ali, General Secretary Muhammad Imran, Finance Secretary Shahzad Ali, Joint Secretary Adil Saeed Abbasi and Information Secretary Farah Mahjabeen on winning the election.
Solangi also congratulated the governing body members including Aamir Baloch, Rauf Bazmi, Abid Ali Arain, Ibrahim Abbasi and Idrees Abbasi. Their victory in the election is manifestation of the trust reposed by the court reporters in them, the minister said. He expressed the hope that the newly elected regime would meet the expectations of the court reporters.
Highlighting the crucial role being played by the court reporters in journalism, Solangi said that it was a technical reporting since the reporters were required to have legal knowledge. The government firmly believed in freedom of press and expression, he said, while underlining the need for promoting impartial journalism in the country.
He vowed to resolve the problems faced by the reporter in field reporting. Earlier, Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Wednesday ruled out the postponement of general elections scheduled for Feb 8 on the pretext of law and order situation.
“The law and order situation during general elections in 2008 and 2013 was worse than the present situation, but the polls were held,” he told reporters after meeting ECP member from Sindh, Nisar Ahmed Durrani, who heads the bench that charge-sheeted PTI founding chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case.
