RIYADH – Waleed J. Kattan, director general of Okaz Organization for Press & Publication, has been elected president of the Council of Press Organizations for a period of three years. He succeeds Saleh Al-Humaidan, former director general of Dar Al Yaum Organization for Printing and Publishing. The election was held at a meeting of the council in Riyadh. Meanwhile, Abdul Hafeez Qari, director general of Al-Bilad Organization for Press and Publishing, took over as president of the board of directors of Al Watania Consolidated Distribution Company. The company's general assembly approved the appointment during a recent meeting.
