The APNS Executive Committee has decided to hold its Annual General Council Meeting on March 31, 2018 at Karachi. The General Council will elect Executive Committee for the year 2018-19 and chalk out the strategies and actions for the problems of newspaper industry. The Committee approved the Annual Report of the Secretary General for the year 2017-18 as well as Annual Accounts of the Society for the year 2017.
The Executive Committee noted with profound concern that the arrest of top advertising practitioners by NAB has badly affected the media industry. The members urged upon the NAB authorities to accept bails of Gulzar Ali, Inam Akbar, Masood Hashmi and other arrested advertising practitioners and unfreeze their bank accounts so that these advertising agencies may resume their normal functioning and clear the dues of member publications.
The Executive Committee considered applications for membership and decided to grant associate membership to Daily Business News, Multan. The Executive Committee also considered application for Associateship of M/s. Starcrest (Pvt.) Ltd., Karachi and application for confirmation of accreditation of M/s. The Circle Agency (Pvt.) Ltd., Islamabad and decided to grant their applications.-PR