LAUNCH CEREMONY

Launching Ceremony of Online Urdu Edition of FOE Newsletter Sadiq News Ahmedpur Food Club, National HighwaY


The Rural Media Network Pakistan(RMNP) with the assistance of UNESCO

has launched the electronic edition of FOE newsletter Sadiq News in

Country Urdu Language on April 26 at 8 pm in AhmedpurEast, rural

Pakistan. Emir of Bahawalpur Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi was the chief

guest in the launching ceremony which was chaired by Director Public

Relations Bahawalpur Division Govt of Punjab Nazir Khalid,while

Director Museum Hussein Ahmed Madni and regional representatives of

three mainstream political parties,PPP,PML(N),PML(QA) and President

Bar Association alongwith other speakers including journalists bodies

office bearers highlighted the role of FOE newsletter Sadiq News in

defending press freedom since December 2005.Ten senior rural

journalists representing four rural Press Clubs and National Press

Union received UNESCO book The Net for Journalists and other UNESCO

software,extra resources and lesson plans for educators.


E-edition of Sadiq News in Urdu language will be distributed online to

rural journalists and media organisations in Pakistan free of cost.


Among other things, the Sadiq News collects information from the Rural

Media Network, the National Press Union, and local reporters on press

freedom violations in remote areas. The newsletter also is a tool to

help rural journalists learn about their rights and network with

colleagues.


For more information contact pakistan.sadiqnews@gmail.com





1-Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi givining UNESCO books and training material

to journalists of National Press Union,Union of Journalists and Press

Club office bearers of Chanigoth,Mubarakpur,AhmedpurEast and Uchsharif

in a ceremony held in local hotel.(Staff Photo)





2-President RMNP Ehsan Ahmed Sehar presenting report in Sadiq News

Online Launching Ceremony,Nawab Salahudin Abbasi,Ex-Federal Minister

Farooq Azam Malik,Director Public Relations Bahawalpur Division Nazir

Khalid,Director Museum Hussein Ahmed Madni,PML(N) leader Mian

RafiaturRehman and two former Chairmen of Muncipal Committee Malik

Rasheed Ahmed and Mian Ilyas Ayaz are sitting on stage.





3-Nawab Salahudin Abbasi giving RMNP books gifts to Director Public

Relations, Bahawalpur Nazir Khalid,Director Museum Bahawalpur Hussein

Ahmed Madni,DDOR AhmedpurEast Fayyaz Hussein Abbasi,DSP Amir Taimour

Khan,Ex-Federal Minister Farooq Azam Malik and PML(N)leader Mian

RafiatuRerhman Rehmani.





4-Director Public Relations Bahawalpur Division Nazir Khalid

presenting books gift to Nawab salahuddin Abbasi on the behalf of the

Rural Media Network Pakistan





5-Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi,Director Public Relations Bahawalpur Nazir

Khalid ,Ex-federal minister Farooq Azam Malik,Director Museum Hussein

Ahmed Madni,PML(N)leader Mian RafiaturRehman Rhmani,Ehsan Ahmed

Sehar,President Bar Association Khalid Khan Baloch,District General

Secretary PML(QA)Syed Salahuddin Ahmed Jeelani,District General

Secretary PPP Bahawalpur Mohd Ali Ahsan and General Scretary National

Press Union Mazhar Rasheed addressing the launching ceremony of the

Online Edition of Urdu FOE Newsletter Sadiq News in local hotel.-