KARACHI: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has withdrawn the amendment in the PPRA Rules and restored tender notice advertisements in newspapers.

Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari stated this during a meeting with the executive committee of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), says a press release issued on Friday.

The committee thanked the CM and said the decision would help the newspaper industry brave the economic crunch.

Ms Bukhari said the CM was clear in her resolve to support the print media, adding that the government had cleared all payments of the print media pertaining to the current tenure of the PML-N government.

She mentioned that Rs1.18 billion had been cleared by the DGPR, Punjab.

The APNS office-bearers apprised the minister about the issues relating to the proposed payment mechanism for the advertisements.

The meeting was assured that the government will review the proposed mechanism.

The minister said the government was devising a long-term comprehensive advertising policy with the consultation of stakeholders.

Published in Dawn, November 23th, 2024