Rana Umair Asif: Journey with Young Journalist Society 2

YJS SOCIETY VISITED CARTOON EXHIBITION AT LAHORE PRESS CLUB

Annual Dinner

Young Journalist Society arranged a tour of Cartoon Exhibition of ANWAR ALI (Known as NANNA) in Lahore Press Club. This exhibition was arranged to pay tribute to Anwar Ali who was the first among the early cartoonists of Pakistan who uses his talent to give awareness about social and political issues to the general public through his talent.

Shaukat Mehmood, Ijaz Anwar, Nasrullah , Sarmad Bashir, Fiqa , Javed Iqbal, Junaid Khawaja and Hameed Akhtar paid homage to Anwar Ali. Dr. Ijaz Anwar told about cartoons and creations of him and his father. At the end Aurangzaib thanked and appreciated the Society.

A visit to PTV on January 8th, 2011. A group of twenty five students with Ms Ume-e-Amara incharge of YJS visited PTV Lahore Station. President (CBA) of PTV Mr. Jahangir Khan along PRO Mr. Hayat Saif with others officials welcomed the YJS group. The group visited PTV building under the guidance of Mr. Hayat Said PRO PTV. The YJS group visited studio A, studio B, get up room, ward robe and engineering department. Mr. hayat showed different sets of dramas and programs. While in engineering department Chief engineer, Mr. Amjad Gill gave lecture on process of transmission and answered the different questions asked by the students. Afterwards Mr. Hayat showed the transmission process, Control room, master control room and News room. During all this Mr. Hayat answered the questions asked by the students on different spots. He appreciated the student’s spirit and praised the work of YJS. At the end Mr. Jahangir Khan CBA president gave refreshment to students. He discussed different issued regarding the works and processes of PTV with students. He appreciated student’s behavior during trip. They said farewell at the gate.

Young Journalist Society in GCU hosts interactive session with editors, journalists.

Government College University (GCU) Young Journalists Society (YJS), on Thursday, hosted an interactive session with eminent editors, columnists and journalists, titled “Evening to Remember”, on the issue “Challenges confronting fourth pillar of state”.

Daily Times Editor Rashed Rahman, Daily Pakistan Editor Mujeebur Rahman Shami and renowned anchorperson and columnist Aftab Iqbal were the chief guests of the event. GCU Vice Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Ikramul Haq was also present on the occasion. While addressing the audience, Rashed Rahman said that a historic turning point occurred when the printing press was invented, which was soon followed by the advent of newspapers. He said that the printing press played a crucial role, both in the pre-partition and post-partition periods.

“The journalistic world today has been introduced to two new terms, namely new media and old media,” he said, adding that new media is the most democratic form of media. He added that during General Ziaul Haq’s regime in 1980s, a term had been invented, called “Lifafa Journalism”.

Rahman further said that media was losing the country’s youth as its audience and if the trend continued, it would become very difficult to steer them back towards fields of media and journalism. He also shared some of his student life memories when he was a student at GCU and also a member of GCU’s Dramatic Club.

Separately, Mujeebur Rahman Shami said that free media reflected the true picture of a society and only countries having complete media freedom could excel in all spheres of life. He added, “The growth of electronic media over the past few decades has been very rapid in Pakistan. The media can shape and have deep impact on public opinion.”

Meanwhile, Aftab Iqbal said also shared some memories of his student life at GCU. “In my opinion, the major challenge we face at the moment is of maintaining high quality news reports and upholding journalistic values in such a small yet extremely competitive market,” he said. Speaking at the event, Ikramul Haq said that the media was a watchdog of public interest, carrier of information, promoter of a free and balanced debate, and was the most dynamic institution representing the civil society.

Towards the end, Mujeebur Rehman Shami and Rashed Rahman distributed shields amongst the members of Lahore Education Reporters Association (LERA) and YJS members. The event was followed by dinner and a musical night.