Executive Committee Meeting
The APNS strongly deplored the consistent indifference of the Sindh Government to clear the long outstanding dues of member publications for ads released by the Sindh Information Department, stated a press release of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society.
Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, APNS has stated that the Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society at its meeting held under the chairmanship of its President, Hameed Haroon on June 30, 2010 at Karachi considered the inordinate delay of the payment of over Rs.360 million owed by the Sindh Government to the APNS member publications which has compelled the APNS to suspend the advertisements of the provincial government in member publications on June 18, 2010. The Executive Committee noted with concern that despite suspension of its advertisements, the Sindh Government does not intend to get itself restored and has chosen to release its advertisements in non-APNS publications as well as dummy newspapers. This approach is not only unethical but encourages malpractices in the release of advertisements. The publication of ads of tender notices, vacancies and other important legal announcements in such newspapers which seldom appear, would result not only in the wastage of public money but would also deprive the eligible parties to participate in the competition for tenders and vacancies etc. The Executive Committee urged upon the Chief Minister to act immediately and advise the concerned departments to release the payments against the outstanding bills of APNS member publications so that the ban on Sindh Government advertisements is lifted.
The Secretary General has stated that the Executive Committee considered the report of the Advertising Committee and decided to grant provisional accreditation to M/s. Firebolt63, Lahore and confirmation of accreditation to M/s. Creative Junction (Pvt.) Ltd. Lahore, M/s. Repcom Advertising, Karachi, M/s. Time & Space Media (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore and M/s. Value Added Marketing Services (VAMS), Karachi.
The Executive Committee also considered the applications for associate membership of the Society and through secret ballot, granted associate membership to Daily Express Multan, Daily Express Lahore, Daily The Business, Faisalabad and Daily Jang, Multan.
The Executive Committee approved the presentation for the construction of APNS House at Karachi. The members appreciated the efforts of the President, Mr. Hameed Haroon and authorized the office bearers to proceed in this respect.
The Executive Committee considered the complaint of M/s. Midas (Pvt.) Ltd. alleging malpractices by a member publication and decided to refer the matter to the Advertising Committee to examine the allegations and report its findings for suitable action as per rules of the Society. The meeting was attended by the following :
Hameed Haroon, President APNS, Muhammad Aslam Kazi, Sr. Vice President, Umer Mujib Shami, Vice President, Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, Ms. Shimaila Matri Dawood, Joint Secretary, S.M. Munir Jillani, Finance Secretary, Anwar Farooqui (D/Aghaz), Ch. Noor Ahmed (D/Asas), Mohsin Bilal (D/Ausaf), Waseem Ahmed (Daily Awam, Quetta), Mumtaz A. Tahir (D/Aftab), Arshad A. Zuberi (D/Business Recorder), Syed Faseih Iqbal (D/Balochistan Times), Najamuddin Sheikh (D/Deyanat), Najam-ul-Hassan (F/Engineering Review), Aijaz-ul-Haq (D/Express), Ms. Qudsia K. Khan (D/Financial Post), Kazi Asad Abid (D/Ibrat), Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah (D/Kainat), Javed Mehr Shamsi (D/Kaleem), Aamir Mahmood (M/Kiran), Syed Sajjad Bokhari (D/Musawat), Bilal Mehmood (D/Nawa-i-Waqt), Dr. Waqar Yousuf Azeemi (M/Roohani Digest), Riaz Ahmed Mansuri (M/The Cricketer), Syed Haroon Shah (D/Wahdat), Dr. Jabbar Khattak (ex-officio), Mushtaq Ahmed Qureshi and Masood Hamid attended as special invitees.
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