Faruk Wasif named PIB director general, Abdullah new MD of Journalist Welfare Trust

Samakal’s Faruk Wasif succeeds Zafar Wazed at PIB

Journalist Faruk Wasif

Journalist Faruk Wasif has been appointed director general to the Press Institute of Bangladesh, or PIB, for two years.

Concurrently, journalist Md Abdullah has been named as the managing director of the Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust.

The public administration ministry announced the appointments in two separate notifications on Wednesday.

Faruk, who served as the planning editor at the daily Samakal, succeeds senior journalist Zafar Wazed at PIB.

Abdullah takes over from Subhash Chanda Badal at the Journalist Welfare Trust.

Faruk's appointment is effective from the date of joining, provided he relinquishes ties with other institutions and organisations.