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ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: A meeting of the Standing Committee of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) chaired by its President Syed Faseeh Iqbal made clear that the CPNE with the help of civil society would resist all steps aimed at gagging press. It discussed the government-press relations, law and order situation, some incidents faced by editors, situation in Balochistan, FATA and the need for transparent polls. After strong protest of the CPNE, the APNS, and a debate in the Standing Committee of Senate, Information Minister told Standing Committee of Senate that the government did not want to set up Press Regulatory Authority.—PPI
