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J K MEDIA FEDERATION SERVES LEGAL NOTICE TO GOVERNMENT
Members vowed to fight the corruption, favoritism and nepotism in the state information department

Srinagar June-14,2014 : Jammu Kashmir Media Federation (JKMF) today served legal notice to the Jammu & Kashmir Government for its failure to conduct the routine Empanelment Committee meetings for the last two year. The legal notice served upon the Chief Minister, in-charge ministry of information, MOS information, principal secretary to government information department, Director Information, J&K Govt., Joint Directors & Deputy Directors of Information for Kashmir and Jammu divisions.

The JKMF through this legal notice has asked the Director of Information, the convener of the empanelment committee to schedule the empanelment committee meeting within 15 days from the date of this legal notice to empanel the eligible publications for the government advertisement support. The notice has further asked the department of information to compensate the financial losses suffered by these publications who were eligible for empanelment 2-3 years back.

The legal notice also has racked up the issue of empanelment of 4 daily newspapers through backdoor flouting all rules and norms prescribed in the state advertisement policy.

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J K Media Guild Condoles the Death of KPS PATRON

The members of the Working Committee of J K MEDIA GUILD, today met in the office of Daily Kashmir Digest, Srinagar under the chairmanship of General Secretary, Imtiyaz Ahmad Bazaz, and Condoled the sad demise of Jb. Abdul Rehman Bhat @ Lala Saab, the father of Veteran Journalist brothers Jenab Aakash Amin Bhat and Raja Mohi-u-Din, the Publisher and Editor of KPS group and Tameel-i-Irshad. The members prayed for the heavenly peace to the departed soul.Immediately after the condolence meeting, the working Committee members of JKMG debated un-precedent developments reported in a section of print media. The developments were viewed very seriously and in the context of these developments, it was unanimously decided to appoint an interim president to oversee the affairs of the organization. As such, JK Media Guild unanimously decided to appoint Rehmatullah Khan, the chief Editotr of Daily Rehmat as the interim president of the organization. He will be heading the organization till the elections for a new body of office bearers are held.