KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has welcomed the nomination of Fawad Chaudhary as information minister of the new government.

APNS president Hameed Haroon and secretary general Sarmad Ali on Saturday congratulated Mr Chaudhary on his nomination as federal minister for information. They stated that the minister-designate had a long and rich experience of interacting with the media and with his induction as information minister, media would enjoy freedom of the press and expression as enshrined in the Constitution of Pakistan.

The APNS office-bearers expressed the hope that during the tenure of Mr Chaudhary relations between the federal government and the print media would be further strengthened. They said they were looking forward to working with the new information minister in resolving the issues being faced by the media.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2018

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