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APP employees

union thanks

Leghari for

extending support

RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Executive Council of the APP Employees Union, Punjab, Lahore, CBA, at an emergency meeting held here on August 17, chaired by the Union President, Faiz-ur-Rahman, expressed its deep gratitude to the President, Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari, for taking serious note of the unrest created by the management in the Associated Press of Pakistan.

The Council welcomed the announcement made by the federal ministers Khalid Ahmad Khan Kharal and Prof. N.D. Khan in urged to the cancellation of all orders of the APP management regarding the dismissals/forced retirements and transfers of the APP employees all over the country, besides the setting up of an enquiry committee to probe into the affairs of the national news agency.

The Executive Council has extended its full cooperation to the Federal Information Secretary, Haji Muhammad Akram, Chairman of the Enquiry Committee, in finding out the hidden facts particularly with regard to the illegal appointment of more than 85 persons, made in the APP from the day Chaudhry Rashid Ahmad took over as Executive Director of the APP, on deputation from the Press Information Department.

It has urged the authorities to ensure immediate compliance of the announcement made by the honourable federal ministers vis-a-vis the four APP employees at Lahore including the Union President Faiz-ur-Rahman, General Secretary, Abdul Quddus besides senior reporter Dr Waqarrullah Chaudhry and senior mechanic Muhammad Saud. It may be recalled that the Union President and General Secretary were transferred from Lahore to Multan while the two other workers have been forcibly retired much before their age of superannuation, without any reason.

The Executive Council fully supported the demand by the APP Employees Union of Pakistan, Islamabad for removal of the APP management and appointment on the top positions from amongest the APP employees.