LAHORE - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) organized a day-long training workshop for journalists in collaboration with the Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) here on Saturday, 28 February 2009. In the well-attended workshop, presentation were made by the senior officials of SECP to sensitize the journalists on important areas such as securities market, mutual funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Voluntary Pension System (VPS), company laws and registration of companies. Presentations were followed by a detailed question and answer session. In his opening remarks, Mr. Imran Ghaznavi, head of the Internal & External Communications, SECP said that journalists could only interpret and comment on the government's policies and performance if they were fully conversant with the functioning of the various government departments. He said this workshop has been organized to bridge communication gap between SECP and media. Mr. Hammad Siddiqui, the senior program manager of CIPE introduced CIPE to the journalists and said the capacity-building of the various stakeholders was one of its important agendums.