LAHORE: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has opposed the government’s proposed advertising policy, terming the state of media freedom in the country alarming. The CPNE said in a statement after a meeting of its standing committee on Sunday that imposing restrictions on freedom of expression was a violation of basic human rights. Arif […]
Lahore PR – Adviser to the Prime Minister on Information Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that proposed advertising policy is not final and will be finalised in consultation with the APNS and other stakeholders. She has invited input from the stakeholders on the proposed policy at the earliest. The adviser was speaking to the Executive […]
Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has said that all former governments had obliged only a few big media groups while ignoring local and regional newspapers. Advertising policy should be formulated in consultation with stakeholders and the same must promote media industry rather being a reason to curtail it. This was stated by Dr. Jabbar […]
KARACHI: The Principal Information Officer, Muhammad Tahir Hassan, has stated that the Ministry of Information has framed an advertising policy, which will be implemented after consultation with the APNS and other stakeholders. Muhammad Tahir Hassan, PIO, explained the salient features of draft media policy and asked the APNS to provide its suggestions and observations so […]
“A meeting of the Federal Capital Committee of the APNS was held on Wednesday January 20, 2020 at Islamabad. The meeting was chaired by the Chairman Mohsin Bilal. “The members of the Federal Capital Committee unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the implementation of Centralized Advertising Policy of the Federal Government. It was stated that the […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the provincial director (advertisement) to submit a statement showing year-wise amount paid by the information department to advertisement agencies till Feb 6. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, passed this directive on a petition filed by the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) […]
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on Sunday carried out an anti-encroachment operation on Sunday night against advertisements installed on street light poles on Sharea Faisal and Shahrah-e-Quaideen in District East. According to a statement issued by the anti-encroachment department of the KMC, the operation started at around 7pm against the illegally installed streamers on poles […]
You must have watched the new ad of a packaged spice mixes producer in which a man is cooking for his daughter because his wife is dead. “But, like I said, his wife had to be dead,” said Bond Advertising CEO Seema Jaffer. The room bursts into laughter. Seema, who is associated with the Pakistan […]
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan while taking at the oath taking ceremony of Crime & Court Reporters Association Rawalpindi (CCRAR) here in Rawalpindi Press Club, said that the advertisement to media houses would be stopped if they fails to pay salaries to employees for consecutive three month, adding that in this regard he would […]
Call for Applications Last date for receiving applications: Sunday January 5, 2020 Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites applications for the 7th batch of PPF Investigative Reporting Fellowships. The fellowships facilitate Pakistani journalists to produce investigative report that meet the professional, ethical and legal standards. PPF will provide support to journalists, to professionally […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday launched the draft advertisement policy and announced bringing reforms to the Press Information Department (PID) to tackle corruption and mismanagement in the grant of government advertisements. Addressing a ceremony, she said: “The reforms in the PID and the draft advertisement […]
LAHORE: The second day of the AdAsia 2019 was a learning experience for young advertisers as renowned experts from Pakistan and abroad shared their success stories ranging from making advertisement from imperfection to beneficial use of technology to surmounting difficulties against all odds. The event started a bit late that forced the organizers to skip […]
LAHORE: Sir Martin Sorrell, global digital media trailblazer, cautioned on Tuesday that the US-China trade rivalry could potentially pose a threat to advertising and other big industries; it might undermine economic recovery and slow down global economic growth in 2020 if the dispute lingered on. He was in a conversation with Richard Quest, CNN’s foremost […]
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