President Arif Alvi on Sunday felicitated the newly-elected President of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Kazim Khan and other officials after being elected as its office-bearers for the year 2022-23. The president hoped that the newly-elected leadership of CPNE will play its role in curbing the publication and promotion of fake and unverified news. He stressed that the youth needed to be made aware of the positive use of social media and recognition of fake news, adding that the people needed moral training to deal with social evils. President Alvi said that the media should promote high moral values and Islamic teachings to eradicate social evils. He hoped that the CPNE's new leadership would fulfil its social responsibility to the fullest. Read more: CPNE elects office-bearers for year 2022-23 On Saturday, CPNE on Saturday elected its office-bearers for the year 2022-23. Daily Times Lahore Group Editor Kazim Khan was elected as the president, Daily Express Lahore Group Editor Ayaz Khan as the senior vice president, Monthly Kiran Digest Karachi Chief Editor Aamer Mahmood as secretary-general, and Pakistan Today Editor Yousaf Nizami was elected as the deputy secretary-general. 92 News Lahore Editor-in-Chief Muhammad Haider Amin was elected as the Punjab vice president, Nawa-e-Waqt Islamabad Editor Salman Masood as the Islamabad vice president, Awami Awaaz Karachi Editor-in-Chief Dr Jabbar Khattak as the Sindh vice president, Ittehad Peshawar Editor-in-Chief Tahir Farooq as the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa vice-president, Daily Balochistan Express Quetta Editor-in-Chief Arif Baloch as the Balochistan vice president. These officials were elected at a meeting of the newly elected standing committee. Forty-four new people, including President Khan, were elected as members of the standing committee for this year.
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