{
  "id": 17806898,
  "title": "Pakistan Broadcasters Association elects new board directors, office-bearers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/pakistan-broadcasters-association-elects-new-board-directors-office",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:26:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2041634/pakistan-broadcasters-association-elects-new-board-directors-office-bearers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) recently concluded its annual general body meeting in Karachi, during which new board directors and office-bearers were elected. A majority of members from the TV and radio industry attended the meeting, which was held at the venue in the city. Three TV members were elected as directors on the PBA board in the elected member category: Chaudhry Abdul Rehman from Neo TV, Ghulam Nabi Morai from Mehran TV, and Verda Naqvi from City 42. In the radio category, Nazafreen S Lakhani from FM89, Shahid Jamal from FM106, Mirza Muhammad Naeem from Radio Awaz, Zulfiqar Ali Shah from FM105, and Sara Taher Khan from FM91 were also elected unopposed as directors on the PBA board. Following the election of board members, a board meeting was convened to elect office-bearers for the 2026-2027 term. These included Shakeel Masud Hussain from DawnNewsTV as chairman, Mir Ibrahim Rahman from Geo TV as senior vice chairman, Salman Iqbal from ARY as vice chairman, Mian Amer Mahmood from Dunya TV as secretary general, Duraid Qureshi from Hum TV as joint secretary, and Ahmad A Zuberi from Aaj TV as financial secretary.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}