Zafar Manhas is art academy vice-president

Srinagar:  Zafar Iqbal Manhas, MLC, has been nominated as the vice-president of the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL). In a statement issued here on Tuesday, JKAACL secretary Dr Aziz Hajini said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the president of the academy, accorded approval to the nomination of Manhas. He said the council of the JKAACL after “thorough deliberations and with a unanimous decision” had authorised the academy president to nominate any member of the council as the vice-president. Hajini said the JKAACL president nominated Manhas in view of “his credentials, experience and knowledge of the academy’s functioning”. — TNS

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