Kashmiri journalist quits over false' stories

SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri journalist working for a national TV channel has quit, alleging that it was forcing him to do “false and fabricated” stories on Kashmir and “twisting, ignoring and even killing” those based on ground reality in the Valley where the unrest triggered by a militant commander’s killing about eight weeks ago is unabated.

Naseer Ahmed, an assistant editor with IBN7 Channel, said he submitted his resignation two days ago as he could not toe the line of his editors for it was “bereft of journalism ethics and basic standards of our profession”.