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| December 12, 2006 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 20, 1427 |
APNS concerned over reports of media authority
KARACHI, Dec 11: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society said on Monday that it had noted with grave concern reports that the federal government intended to establish a Press and Publications Regulatory Authority on the same lines as Pemra.
Kazi Asad Abid, Secretary General of the APNS, said in a statement that the government’s intention appeared to control and regulate the print media through a bureaucracy-dominated authority which would become a lever to curb freedom of the press. The APNS executive committee, he said, would meet in Lahore on Dec 18 to discuss the issue and work out a suitable strategy.
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