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20th APNS Advertising Agency Awards
Mond, Feb 22, 2010

20^th APNS Advertising Agency Awards

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M/s. Midas (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore has won the 20^thAPNS highest business award.

The APNS has announced the winners of the 20^th APNS Advertising Agency Awards for the period 2007 – 2008, which will be given at the APNS Awards Ceremony expected to be held in the end of February 2010 at Islamabad.

On the basis of claims for entries in Business Awards Categories, duly verified from member publications, following were declared winners of the Business Performance Awards for the period 2007-2008 :

BEST BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AWARD:

M/s. Midas (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore

SPECIAL BUSINESS AWARDS:

M/s. Orient Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd.: for Periodical publications

M/s. Orient Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd. for Regional publications

M/s. Maxim Advertising Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. for Metro B publications

CLIENT PERFORMANCE AWARD (Public Sector):

Pak Telecom Mobile (Ufone), (Interflow)

CLIENT PERFORMANCE AWARD (Private Sector):

Pakistan Mobile Communication (Orient Advertising)

The Panel of Judges for the 20^th APNS Agency Awards consisted of the following prominent advertising experts :

Mrs. Yasmin Lari, Executive Director, Heritage Foundation, Karachi. Mr. Talib S. Karim, Executive Director, Institute of Business Management, Karachi. Mr. Rafiq Rangoonwala, Cupola Pakistan Ltd, Karachi and Mr. Ziauddin Jeddi, Karachi.

The panel of judges selected the following entries for awards in the different categories :

BEST NEWSPAPER AD

Client: Dawn News Agency: M/s. Pirana Advertising

Caption: Hear the art. See the art

BEST PERIODICAL (MAGAZINE) AD

Client: M/s. Invision International Agency: M/s. JWT Asiatic

Caption: Cricket experts believe there should be grass

BEST CAMPAIGN

Client: M/s. Visa Agency: M/s. Manhattan International

Caption: Feel the urge to splurge, Enjoy the good life with Visa.

BEST AD FOR A SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR BRAND

Client: PIA (Speedex) Agency: M/s. Spectrum Communications

Caption: Squeeze the most out of this summer

BEST CORPORATE AD

Client: M/s. UBL Fund Management Agency: M/s. Synergy Advertising

Caption: Celebration begins with a smile

BEST PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN

Client: M/s. GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Ltd. Agency: M/s. Prestige

Caption: Typhoid may seem unavoidable

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

( Dr. Tanvir A. Tahir )

Executive Director
APNS

19th APNS Advertising Agency Awards
Wedn, Feb 17, 2010

19^th APNS Advertising Agency Awards

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M/s. Orient Advertising by winning highest business award for the 19^th consecutive time, a feat unsurpassed in the history of Pakistan advertising. This year, the agency has won four awards in different categories.

The APNS has announced the winners of the 19^th APNS Advertising Agency Awards for the period 2005 – 2006, which will be given at the APNS Awards Ceremony expected to be held in the end of February 2010 at Islamabad.

On the basis of claims for entries in Business Awards Categories, duly verified from member publications, following were declared winners of the Business Performance Award for the period 2005-2006 :

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AWARDS:

M/s. Orient Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd.

SPECIAL BUSINESS AWARD:

M/s. Orient Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd. for Periodical publications

M/s. Orient Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd. for Regional publications

M/s. Midas (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore for Metro B publications

CLIENT PERFORMANCE AWARDS (Public Sector):

Pakistan Telecom Mobile (Ufone), (Interflow)

CLIENT PERFORMANCE AWARDS (Private Sector):

Pakistan Mobile Communication (Orient Advertising)

The Panel of Judges for the 19^th APNS Agency Awards consisted of the following prominent advertising experts :

Begum Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Mr. Kashif Effendi and Mr. Ali Mustansar could not attend. The panel of judges selected the following entries for awards in the different categories :

The Panel selected the Creative Awards. Out of 7 awards, M/s. Synergy Advertising (Pvt.) Ltd. won three awards, M/s. Adgroup (Pvt.) Ltd. won two awards whereas no entry for Best Advertisement in Magazines deserved an award as per decision of the panel of judges. The winners of the Creative Awards are as under :

BEST NEWSPAPER AD

Client: Ministry of Health Agency: M/s. Adgroup (Pvt.) Ltd.

Caption: You can turn her despair into hope

BEST CAMPAIGN

Client: Warid Telcom Agency: M/s. Synergy Advertising

Caption: Driving communication needs

BEST AD FOR A SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR BRAND

Client: Bank Al-Falah Ltd. Agency: M/s. Synergy Advertising

Caption: Take it around the world

BEST CORPORATE AD

Client: M/s. Habib Bank Ltd. Agency: M/s. Synergy Advertising

Caption: Standing Tall

BEST PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN

Client: Ministry of Health Agency: M/s. Adgroup (Pvt.) Ltd.

Caption: Pakistan and India face to face in Cricket

The judges unanimously decided the APNS ad as Best Public Service Ad but in view of APNS being the award giving organization, it was decided to give a consolation certificate to the creative agency, M/s. Midas (Pvt.) Ltd.

20th APNS Awards Ceremony
Wedn, Mar 03, 2010

Ref:APNS/2010/ March 3, 2010

The News Editor,

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Dear Sir,

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“ The 20^th APNS Awards Ceremony will be held on March 09, 2010 at Islamabad wherein awards will be distributed among the winners of journalist and advertising agencies. The Ceremony will be attended by publishers, editors, prominent media practitioners, advertising agencies and distinguished personalities from different walk of life i.e. judiciary, diplomats, political leaders, senior officials and intelligentsia.

The APNS has issued the invitation cards to the guests of the Ceremony and requested them to reach the venue definitely by 7:00 p.m.

The President APNS, Mr. Mujib-ur-Rahman Shami has decided that the Presidential Award for Best PRO for 2005-06 be awarded to Mr. Moazzam Ali Khan of Ufone whereas the Best PRO for 2007-08 has been awarded to Mr. Tahir Basharat Cheema of PEPCO.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

( Dr. Tanvir A. Tahir )

Executive Director

APNS

18th JOURNALIST AWARDS
Wedn, Feb 03, 2010

The APNS has announced the winners of 18^th APNS Journalist Awards for the period 2005-06 which will be given at the APNS Award Ceremony. The Panel of Judges for 18^th APNS Journalist Award consisted of the prominent writers and intellectuals namely, Justice ® Nasir Aslam Zahid, Farhad Zaidi, Dr. Shahjehan Syed, Chairman, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Peshawar University, Prof. Tauseef Ahmed Khan, Federal Urdu University, Mehtab Akbar Rashdi, Executive Director, Eye Television Network Ltd., Karachi, Ameena Sayed, Managing Director, Oxford University Press, Murtaza Solangi, Director General, Pakistan Broadcasting Corp., Islamabad, prominent intellectual and writers Bakhtiar Ahmed, A.B. Shahid, Qamar Shahbaz and Sirajul Haq Advocate.

The Panel selected the following awards :

The Best General Investigative Report
Syed Shoaib Hasan, Monthly Herlad, Karachi
Intekhab Amir, Monthly Herald, Karachi
Best Investigative Report (Business/Economic)
Ayesha Siddiqa, Monthly Newsline, Karachi
Best Investigative Report (Development/Environment)
Noman Ahmed, Daily Dawn, Karachi
Best Scoop
Ghulam Hasnain, Monthly Newsline, Karachi
Best Column Award (English)
Mahir Ali, Monthly Newsline, Karachi
Best Column Award (Urdu)
Tariq Mahmood Mian, Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, Karachi
Muhammad Bilal Ghouri, Daily Mashriq, Peshawar
Best Column Award (Provincial Language)
Murtaza Siyal, Daily Ibrat, Hyd.
Best Feature Award (English)
Ziad Zafar, Monthly Newsline, Karachi
Best Feature Award (Urdu)
Rizwan Ahmed Tariq, Daily Jang, Karachi
Best Feature Award (Provincial Language)
Humerah Noor, Fortnightly Ibrat Magazine, Hyd.
Best Article Award
Narjis Ara Malik, Daily Jang, Karachi
Best Cartoon
Muhammad Zahoor, Daily Times, Lahore
Khaliq Khan Paki, Daily Jang, Karachi
Best Photograph Award
Qazi Usman Hussain, Daily Express, Islamabad

The Chairman, Panel of Judges, President, APNS, Mujib-ur-Rahman Shami has decided that in the General Investigative Report, Best Column Urdu and Best Cartoon, both the entrants secured equal marks will be given the awards jointly.

Media Policy
Tues, Jan 12, 2010

Executive Committee finalised recommendations on the issue after reviewing drafts formulated by the society’s advertisement and provincial committees and member publications.

The society proposed that a quota of 65 per cent of advertisements be fixed for publications based in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi or Rawalpindi and 25 per cent for publications coming out of Hyderabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan and Faisalabad. The remaining 10 per cent was proposed to be set aside for publications based in other towns.

The society also proposed that distribution of advertisements be based on the National Finance Commission award so that publications based in all provinces got their due share.

Each member daily be provided at least 2,000 centimetres of ads and the member periodicals at least 500cms every month.

The APNS decided to forward the recommendations to the ministry of information.

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