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Kathmandu Saturday May 05, 2001 Baishakh 22, 2058.
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IPI-Nepal
committee formed
Post Report
KATHMANDU, May 4 - International Press
Institute (IPI) yesterday formed the Nepal National Committee to mark the World Press
Freedom Day.
This committee is affiliated to the
International Press Institute established in 1950 at Vienna, Austria. The committee
nominated Pushkar Lal Shrestha, the editor of Nepal Samachar Patra as the president. Padam
Singh Karki, the editor of Gatibidhi Saptahik as the vice president. Journalist Bhagirath
Yogi was nominated as the general secretary. And the other members are Shreeram Singh
Basnet, Arjun Bista, Purandar Ghimire, Shobhakar Budhathoki and Babita Basnet.
In the same way, Hemraj Gyawali the chairman
of Kantipur Publications, Durga Nath Sharma the General Manager of Nepal Television and
Senior Journalist P.Kharel have been nominated as the advisors to the committee.
The decision to establish the IPI-Nepal
Committee was taken during the IPI golden jubilee celebration held in New Delhi, India in
January this year.
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