(CPNE) are holding placards for journalist rights during Annual General Council meeting on the
occasion of World Press Freedom Day, held in Karachi on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
(Bahzad Khan/PPI Images).
The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), the representative body of newspaper editors from across the country, has elected its new office bearers for the 2025-26 term. Kazim Khan of Daily Duniya has been elected as the President of CPNE, while Ghulam Nabi Chandio of Daily Pak has assumed the role of Secretary General.
Other elected office bearers include Ayaz Khan as Senior Vice President, Tanveer Shaukat as Deputy Secretary General, Hamid Hussain Abidi as Finance Secretary, and Zia Tanoli as Information Secretary. The newly elected Vice Presidents are Qazi Asad Abid, Adnan Zafar, Yahya Khan Sadozai, Mian Hassan Ahmed, and Munir Ahmed Baloch. Tahir Farooq, Munazza Seham, Rafay Niazi, Arif Baloch, and Waqas Tariq Farooq have been elected as Joint Secretaries.
Members elected to the CPNE Standing Committee include Dr Jabbar Khattak, Ikram Sehgal, Akmal Chohan, Babar Nizami, Maqsood Yousufi, Sher Muhammad Khawer, Sardar Muhammad Siraj, Mudassar Iqbal, Muhammad Owais Razi, Shehzad Amin, Irfan Athar, Shakeel Ahmed Turabi, Tazeen Akhtar, Anwar Sajdi, Mumtaz Ahmed Sadiq, Faqir Munthar Mangrio, Abdul Rahman Mangrio, Dr Zubair Mehmood, Masood Khan, Fazal Haq, Zulfiqar Ahmed Rahat, Ali Ahmed Dhillon, Aamir Mehmood, Syed Intizar Hussain Zanjani, Aslam Mian, Hamza Ali Afghan, Ayaz Memon, Mudassar Alam, and Mehmood Alam Khalid.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif extended their congratulations to the newly elected office bearers of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). In separate messages, they conveyed best wishes and expressed confidence that the new leadership would uphold journalistic values, combat misinformation, and continue promoting high professional standards in the media.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah congratulated the newly elected office bearers of the CPNE. He praised CPNE’s role in promoting press freedom. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif also conveyed her best wishes to the new leadership. She expressed hope that the CPNE will continue to advance independent and responsible journalism in the country.
