Staff Reporter
Karachi
Senator Shibli Faraz, Federal Minister for Information who attended the Zoom meeting of the Executive Committee of the APNS, assured that the Federal Government would positively respond on the issues raised by the APNS particularly increase in the quantum of advertisements, suspending process of ABC verification, relief package for newspaper industry, promotion of regional press and regional language publications, immediate payment of refund of Withholding Tax by FBR and enhancement of government advertisement rates.
The Executive Committee of the APNS held it meeting on Zoom wherein Senator Shibli Faraz, Federal Minister for Information, Akbar Hussain Durrani, Secretary Information and Ms Shahera Shahid, PIO attended on special invitation. Sarmad Ali, Secretary General pointed out that the Prime Minister has repeatedly advised the concerned ministries to clear the outstanding dues amounting to Rs1.048 billion but a substantial amount still remains unpaid.
Mumtaz A. Tahir, Vice President, Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, Shahab Zuberi, Finance Secretary, Syed Sajjad Bokhari (Daily Abtak), Bilal Farooqi (Daily Aghaz), Mukhtar Ahmed Aaqil (Weekly Al Akhbar), Mohsin Bilal (Daily Ausaf), Waseem Ahmed (Daily Awam), Ansar Mahmood Bhatti (Monthly Centre Line), Naveed Chaudhry (Daily City 42), Hasan Akbar (Dawn), Fauzia Shaheen (Monthly Dastak), Najamuddin Sheikh (D/Deynat), Kazi Asad Abid (Fortnightly Ibrat), Faisal Shahjehan (Daily Jiddat, Karachi), Mustansar Javed (Daily Mashriq, Quetta), Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi (Monthly Naey Ufaq), Inayat ullah Khan (Monthly Naya Rukh), Rukhsana Saulat Saleemi (Weekly Nikhar), Umer Mujib Shami (D/Pakistan, Lahore) Faisal Zahid Malik (D/Pakistan Observer), Jamil Athar (Daily Tijarat) and Syed Haroon Shah (Daily Wahdat).
