Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 15: The Editor of daily Kashmir Observer Sajjad Haider was today elected as president of Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG).
The KEG body elected Sajjad Haider as its President, Masood Hussain as Secretary-General, Shafat Kira and Manzoor Anjum as its Vice Presidents and Haji Mohammad Hayat as its new Treasurer.
The elections were held after a gap of more than two years as its former body had completed its term in office. The elections were held after due nominations were filed with all its members participating in the election exercise.
The voting was held after the completion of nominations for which papers were submitted in advance. The members who participated in today’s polling include Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo of Greater Kashmir, Bashir Manzar of Kashmir Images, Bashir Ahmad Bashir of Srinagar Times, Sajjad Haider of Kashmir Observer, Haji Hayat of Kashmir Reader, Tahir Mohiuddin of Chattan, Manzoor Anjum of Uqab, Jeelani Qadri of Daily Afaaq, Manzoor Unjum of Daily Uqaab, Haroon Rashid of Nida-ie-Mashriq, Shafat Kira of Kashmir Vision, Aakash Amin of Tameel-e-Irshad, Masood Hussain of Kashmir Life Zahoor Malik of Kashmir Times and Shemeem Meraj of Kashmir Monitor.
KEG’s new President Sajjad Haider is a journalist of repute who studied engineering in Chennai and subsequently studied journalism at Tehran University. During the 1990 Gulf War, he covered the conflict for various media outlets including the Tehran Times. He subsequently took up an assignment for National Iranian Radio and Television in New Delhi and moved back to Kashmir in 1994. He contributed to various international media organizations including BBC online, Deutsche Welle, IRNA and IRIB from Kashmir. In 1997 Sajjad Haider founded the daily Kashmir Observer and since then is continuing as its Editor.
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