PCI Team To Visit JK Next Month For ‘Studying Media Scenario’

A high-level delegation of the Press Council of India is visiting Jammu and Kashmir early next month to study the media scenario in the state following the abrogation of the special status and bifurcation of the state into two union territories.
According to official communication, a subcommittee of the council comprising of Pravat Kumar Dash, convenor, Balwinder Singh, Sayyed Hussain Rizvi and Kamal Nain Narang (members) will visit Jammu and Kashmir from November 5-11 to “study the media scenario in Jammu and Srinagar.”
The council is a quasi-judicial statutory body set up under an Act of the parliament for the purpose of preserving the freedom of the press, and maintaining and improving the standards of newspapers and news agencies.
According to officials, the council has received various representations from journalist associations in connection with the restrictions on media in Jammu and Kashmir.
Officials said the council constituted a subcommittee on August 22 after receiving complaints regarding stressful working conditions for the journalists and intimated the state government about its plan to visit the state.
According to official sources, the committee will meet with various journalists and journalist associations as well as other stakeholders in both the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu during their seven-day stay in Jammu and Kashmir.