President felicitates PFUJ office bearers
Islamabad : (Parliament Times) President Azad Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has said that the mango festival would not only increase the export of mangoes but also generate a large foreign exchange that would have a positive impact on the country’s economy. He expressed these views while addressing a special function on the occasion of the opening of the 6th Mango Festival at Centaurus Mall here on Sunday. The president said that it was heartening to see that more than a hundred varieties of mango have been displayed at the exhibition. “Pakistan is the world’s number one exporter of mangoes”, he said adding that mango production in Pakistan stands at 17 lakh tonnes whereas the country earns nearly 145 million dollars in foreign exchange on mango export amounting to 142 metric tonnes. Earlier, the AJK President inaugurated the 6th Mango Festival. Deputy Chairman Senate Mirza Muhammad Afridi was also present on this occasion. Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry also visited various mango stalls.Meanwhile President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry while extending his heartfelt felicitations to newly elected office bearers of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed the hope that the PFUJ would raise the issue of media censorship in the occupied Kashmir. He said that the PFUJ leadership deserves appreciation for promoting and encouraging quality journalism in the country. He said that the PFUJ has toiled hard for press freedom in the country. Extending his felicitations to the newly elected office bearers including the PFUJ president Afzal Butt, Arshad Ansari, Asad Pathan and others, the president expressed the optimism that the PFUJ would play its much-needed role to expose Indian government’s fascist mindset and its brutal suppression in the occupied Kashmir.
