Jammu: The government on Tuesday constituted a panel for granting accreditation to news media in the Union Territory, paving way for accreditation of the journalists, held up for long.
The panel, to be called Jammu and Kashmir Media Accreditation Committee (JKMAC) will be headed by Director Information and Public Relations, J&K, while Deputy Director Information (PR), DIPR will be its member secretary.
The panel will have as its members representatives from ten media houses including Zulfikar Majeed (Deccan Herald), Fayaz Ahmad (ANI), Neeraj Rohmetra (Daily Excelsior), Arshid Rasool (Daily Gadyal), Naveen Sharma (Dainik Jagran), Anil Bhat (PTI), Zahoor Hashmi (Daily Aftab), Satish Vimal (Ail India Radio), Pradip Datta (Times Now) and Ayaz Hafiz (Rising Kashmir), said an official order in this regard.
“The Committee shall be governed by the terms and conditions as laid down in the guidelines issued by the Information Department vide Government Order No. 15-JK(ID) of 2022 dated 17.11.2022,” it added.
The panel will soon conduct a meeting to initiate the accreditation process of News Media representatives, said an official.
“With the constitution of JKMAC the long pending demand of working media persons of Jammu and Kashmir has been fulfilled and very soon the process of granting accreditation to media persons of J&K will be initiated,” Director Information, Akshay Labroo said.
