Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists

Trade union for Pakistani journalists

PFUJ

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists

Founded| 2 August 1950

Key people

| GM Jamali (President)
Shahzada Zulfiqar (General Secretary)
Affiliations| International Federation of Journalists

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) is a trade union federation of journalists in Pakistan. PFUJ is affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists.

## History

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The constitution of the PFUJ was first adopted in Karachi in April 1950 at the Pakistan Working Journalists Convention, in a meeting opened by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan. The last affiliate union adopted the constitution on August 2, thus marking the formal beginning of the union. Muhammad Abdul Shakoor became the first president and Israr Ahmad (journalist) its first secretary general. In 2025, Shakeel Ahmed was elected as Secretary General and Rana Muhammad Azeem Was Elected as the President of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists In Feb 2014, a merger of PFUJ and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) was announced to consolidate and strengthen the two journalism organisations.[1]

PFUJ first launched a website in 2015.[2]

When Express Tribune journalist Bilal Farooqi was arrested for alleged hateful and anti-military social media posts in September 2020, PFUJ condemned the arrest together with the International Federation of Journalists.[3]

In 2020, Shahzada Zulfiqar was the PFUJ president and Nasir Zaidi was the secretary general.[4]

## See also

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* Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors
* National Press Club of Pakistan based in Islamabad
* Karachi Press Club
* Lahore Press Club
* Minhaj Barna, founder of PFUJ and former President of All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC)
* Peshawar Press Club
* Quetta Press Club
* All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS)

## References

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1. ^ Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation merger appreciated AsiaNet-Pakistan website, 26 February 2014, Retrieved 13 April 2021
2. ^ "Web portal for journalists launched". The Nation (Pakistani newspaper). 7 June 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
3. ^ "Pakistan: The Tribune journalist arrested and later released". International Federation of Journalists website. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
4. ^ "(Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists) PFUJ, HRCP slam govt, Pemra over ban on speeches". Dawn newspaper. 3 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

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* PFUJ
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* National Trade Union Federation (HBWWF)
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* Pakistan Trade Union Federation (PTUF)
* APTUC
* United Labour Federation (ULF)
* All Pakistan Trade Union Organisation (APTUO)
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* People Labour Federation (PLF)
* APFUTU
* All Pakistan Labour Federation (APLF)
* Pakistan Mines & Industrial Trade Union Federation (PMITUF)
* Pakistan Federation of Building & Wood Workers (PFBWW)
* All Pakistan Local Govt. Workers Federation (APLGWF)
* Pakistan Mines Workers Federation (PMWF)
* Pakistan Sugar Mills Workers Federation Trade Union (PSMWFTU)

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Historical|

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