KARACHI, Dec 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the information ministry to finalise recommendations for the solution of problems faced by the print media, a spokesman for the All Pakistan Newspapers Society said on Wednesday.

APNS Secretary-General Kazi Asad Abid said an APNS delegation called on the prime minister in Islamabad on Dec 4 and briefed him on the problems faced by the print media.

He regretted that decisions taken by the prime minister at the last meeting, on May 27, 2006, had not been implemented. He added that the relevant ministries, which gave assurances many times, failed to initiate a meaningful dialogue to review press laws.

He recalled that the APNS president had informed the prime minister about issues like exemption from GST on newsprint import and withdrawal of recent amendments to the Finance Bill 2006.

The APNS secretary-general said several committees had been formed to immediately finalise recommendations for the solution of problems faced by the print media.—PPI