Handwara: The Handwara Media Association (HMA) held a meeting on Friday to discuss the functioning of the association and pressing issues related it. The meeting was presided by Association’s President Aatif Qayoom and attended by it’s Patron, Chairman, Vice President and most of the members.
During the meeting the office bearers of the association expressed their concerned over the activities of some selfstyled/Facebook journalists in and around Handwara and their visits to key Government offices on behalf of the Media Association of Handwara.
On this occasion, the president of the association appealed the local administration not to entertain any Facebook journalist on behalf of HMA. He also said that a list of media personnel will be made public in the coming days so that officers can identify the journalists associated with the HMA.
During the meeting some members of HMA said that some members of self-styled civil society were raising questions about the credibility of the Handwara Media Association, which is unacceptable, and reiterated that the association will deal with such people legally.
The Vice President Bhat Shameem on the occasion said that some people were not happy with the development of Handwara and they want to get credit for all the developmental works for their personal benefits. On this occasion, the General Secretary of the Association urged the journalists to work for Handwara’s development and ignore those who are unhappy with the scenario of peace and development in the town.Secretary Syed Kabir Geelani said that HMA is a non-political organisation but some people associated with different political parties were making abortive attempts to demean the association for their petty gains.
