ISLAMABAD, November 16: The APNS expresses its profound gratitude to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Imran Khan who, on the request of the APNS, has issued directives to the concerned ministries to clear the outstanding dues of print media. It hopes that this will enable the media houses to brave the liquidity crunch faced by the industry.
Hameed Haroon, President and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, APNS have stated that in the meeting with Executive Committee of the APNS held at Islamabad, the Prime Minister was apprised of the liquidity crunch faced by newspaper industry mainly due to non-payment of their dues relating to Federal Government advertisements released during the previous governments. The governments of Peoples Party and Muslim League(N) had not cleared the dues despite various requests on different pretexts which resulted in financial crisis in the media industry. The Prime Minister had very kindly assured that the dues will be cleared shortly and in this regard, has now directed the concerned ministries to clear the dues at the earliest. – PR
