By Saqib Ali Haidri
Muzaffarabad: AJK government has granted the approval of formation of regional offices of Press Information Department [PID] in Neelum, Jehlum, Bhimber and Sudhnoti.
Offices of PID for districts Sudhnoti, Bhimber, Neelum, Jehlum were announced in 1995, 1996, 2005 and 2009 respectively but so far no office was established in any of the four districts. Journalists of the said districts were facing many hurdles and complexities due to non availability of regional offices in these areas.
Budget for these four district offices is allocated in present budget by the efforts of Minister for Information Mushtaq Minhas on the directions of PM AJK Raja Farooq Haider Khan. These offices will be beneficial for the highlighting the main priorities of good governance, Kashmir Issue and development set by the AJK government.
PID AJK has created new posts of Director General, Deputy Director, Pictorial Publicity and other in divisional directorates. Transition to another place, formation of media hall, media room, print and electronic media rooms and monitoring system have made the departments more efficient. Innovation in department has made communication with journalists more easy and proved as an impressive publication office of government overall performance. Journalist and all employees of Information department thanked PM AJK and Minister for Information for the formation of new regional offices within the State