Formal closure of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC) following a ‘coup’ and de-recognition is being seriously felt by scribes as the loss of an address and the second home, reports Khalid Bashir Gura On October 13 2021, when police summoned multimedia journalist Muktar Zahoor for questioning at midni.
SRINAGAR: In an extraordinary meeting, the journalists of the Kashmir valley condemned the attempted forcible take-over by a tiny group of journalists and subsequent shutting down of the Kashmir Press Club by the J&K administration.
'In view of the reports in social media and other sources indicating a potential law and order situation including a threat of breach of peace and the safety of bonafide journalists, an intervention has become necessary.'