Shazia Tahir;
Rawalpindi, (Parliament Times) : A training workshop on the importance and usefulness of social media in the prevailing age of digital media was organized at the Rawalpindi Arts Council under the auspices of the Young Journalists Association (YJA) in collaboration with the Directorate of Public Relations Government of the Punjab.
The importance of print, electronic, social media, utility and journalistic ethics, responsibilities were to be made known to the participants. The function was formally inaugurated with the recitation of Holy Qur’an. The function was presided over by President, Young Journalists Association Muhammad Yusuf Khan, where the chief guest was Central Leader, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Rana Sohail. Social media activist Siddique Jan gave a detailed briefing on the effective use of social media and developing trends in digital media.
Senior Vice President, National Press Club, Dr. Sadia Kamal briefed the participants on journalistic ethics and responsibilities in accordance with the Constitution and the media laws. She said that ethical standards are not only applicable on people’s lives but also on their professional activities. “Journalism is such a profession. It has its own ethical principles. It is based on the concept of professional activities as well as the best ways to fulfill professional duties according to the ethical ideology of the society,” she said.
Addressing the training workshop, the speakers said that the role of print and electronic media as well as social media was very important in today’s advanced age.
The importance of the media, reliability and its need cannot be denied, that have been recognized in every age because the media is the only thing whose development has bridged the gaps. Siddique Jan said that nowadays social media was being used as a weapon of war which is called Fifth Generation Warfare. “Training is very important for its positive use. Such training workshops will be organized in the future to enhance the capacity of journalists.”
Sajjad Ahmed, Deputy Director, Arts Council, Raja Asim, DGPR Officer, Senior Senior Vice President of Young Journalists Association Tahir Mehmood Awan, Asif Mehmood Janjua, Syeda Amna, Shakuntala Nazir, Shabbir Saham, Ali Jabir, Shamim Ashraf, Shazia Tahir, Insha Gondal, Malik Waqas, Sardar Tariq Khan, Malik Zubair, including journalist Rahat Munir. Faryal Masood, Shama Rafique, Malik Junaid, Muhammad Asif Shiraz, Sonia Butt, Hira Aftab, Hameera Noshin, Ansa Chhatta, Fauzia Tabassum, Noman Tariq, Asifa also participated.
At the end of the ceremony, certificates of appreciation and mementoes were given to the participants and chief guests.