KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed serious concern at reports of the government’s intention to remove some newspapers from the media list and warned of protests if such a decision is taken. The standing committee of CPNE met via video link on Friday. The meeting was presided over by acting president…
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has been celebrating 25th September as ‘National Newspaper Readership Day’ since 2019. On the request of the APNS, the Pakistan Post has issued a commemorative stamp to mark the ‘National Newspaper Readership Day’. The postal stamp will be available from the Post offices across the country from Saturday,…
Lahore – The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt have started publishing their Gwadar editions. Nawa-i-Waqt has the honor that the work which was started by this organization 63 years ago to highlight importance of Gwadar has become vital for economic development of the country. This is also historic moment for the Nawa-i-Waqt Group that the team led…
KARACHI—Representatives of media organizations have rejected the government’s proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), terming the move unconstitutional and draconian law against the freedom of the press and expression and a step towards imposing state control to regulate all segments of media. According to a press release, the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), Council of…
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan has “strongly rejected” a foreign media report claiming that it was cracking down on Pakistani exiles living abroad, BOL TV reported. Reacting to a report published in The Guardian, the Foreign Office spokesperson said that there was no question of intimidating citizens of any state residing anywhere, including Pakistan’s citizens, under any pretext. The spokesperson said…
APNS calls PMDA “an unconstitutional and draconian law against the freedom of press, expression”. Says proposal ignores the fact that each of the media are separate entities with their own defined features. Media organisations demand a joint meeting of Senate and National Assembly to reject PMDA. The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has rejected the…