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All Pakistan Newspapers Society urges government to pay arrears

FAISALABAD: A meeting of the executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating financial condition of the newspaper industry because of economic slowdown which has resulted in a drastic fall in the advertising revenue of newspapers. The financial crunch has been exacerbated by the non-payment of bills of […]


All Pakistan Newspapers Society meeting

“The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society is meeting on January 30, 2013 at Faisalabad wherein the matters relating to South Asia Media Summit scheduled to be held on February 20-21, 2013 at Islamabad will be discussed and decided. The members of the Executive Committee reaching Faisalabad from across the country will discuss […]


Senior journalist Mahmood Sham calls on Chief Minister Sindh

KARACHI: Senior journalist and writer Mahmood Sham here on Thursday called on Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah. He presented his newly published book “Media Manzar” to the Chief Minister. Sham, who is also Group managing Editor of the newspaper Jahan Pakistan, also presented a copy of the newspaper to the Chief Minister. Shah […]


22nd All Pakistan Newspapers Society Journalist Awards open for entries

Karachi: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on Saturday announced the categories for the 22nd APNS Journalist Awards, and requested reporters, photographers and cartoonists of member publications to submit their entries for any one of the categories. In a statement, APNS Secretary General Masood Hamid said the editors and chief executives of member publications could […]


‘A newspaper without strong online presence will die out’

By: Sidrah Roghay Earl J Wilkinson says youngsters today expect ‘news to walk to them’; unless a news story is trending on social media they refuse to read it Back when Earl J Wilkinson was a journalist, he did not care about money. But the recession that hit the United States of America in 2008 […]


Election Commission of Pakistan slaps ban on government ads at public cost

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan imposed on Friday a ban on using public money for advertisements given by the federal and provincial governments to promote their parties. A press release issued by a spokesman for the commission said the ban would apply to advertisements appearing in the print or electronic media bearing party logo, […]


France condemns murder of Pak journalist

ISLAMABAD: France has condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Mukarram Khan Atif, who was killed in a mosque in the town of Shabqadar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while he was attending prayers last Monday. According to a statement issued by the French Foreign Office, the French government said that those responsible for this heinous act must […]