Press Club Kashmir endorses, welcomes guidelines to check impersonation of 'self-styled' journalists

STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: The President of Press Club of Kashmir, Mohammad Saleem Pandit on Saturday appreciated and endorsed the guidelines issued by the Jammu & Kashmir Information and Publie Relations Department, directing all the concerned to keep vigil on the impersonation of the fake uneducated "journalists" to check the blackmail, extortion, coercion of officials, and circulation of unverified and defamatory material against publie institutions and officers and also private individuals.

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Importantly, the Press Club of Kashmir has already moved the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in a writ of mandamus and sought the direction to the Jammu and Kashmir government to fix minimum qualification for journalists and photojournalists and preferably a graduation or PG in Mass Communication.