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It was an eventful week which started on a competitive note for the journalist community. On March 14, 1971 Hasan Abidi and Abdul Hameed Chhapra were elected as president and general secretary, respectively, of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) for the year 1971-72. Out of the 191 KUJ members at the time, 145 cast their vote. Mr Abidi bagged 95 votes while his opponent Hazoor Ahmed Shah secured 47. Mr Chhapra got 114 votes and his rival, A.T. Nizami, was able to get 28. Zafar Rizvi (107) and Ashfaq Bukhari (86) were elected senior and junior vice-president of the union while Ashraf Shad (87) and Vali Rizvi (76) became senior and junior joint secretary. Abdul Quddus had already been elected treasurer of the KUJ, unopposed. ....
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For those interested in Pakistani politics and journalism, Pakistan Mein Sahafat Ki Mutabadil Tareekh [An Alternative History of Pakistani Journalism] is not an ordinary book. It has been produced by the Society for Alternative Media and Research (SAMAR) led by Mazhar Arif, a renowned advocate for public interest media; and authored by Dr Tauseef Ahmed Khan, an equally prominent academic and journalism educationist. The book is not a reproduction of facts alone, but goes beyond the remit of the usual chronological compilations, by juxtaposing Pakistan’s political and socio-economic contexts against the evolutionary trajectory of journalism. This adds a three-dimensional depth for anyone seeking to understand Pakistan’s chequered history of journalism and its impact on shaping the national political psyche. In this sense, the book fills a key gap in the available literature on public interest journalism’s attempt to impact national politics in the country’s formativ ....
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