A meeting of the Metro B Publications Committee of the APNS was held at Islamabad.

Islamabad on July, 2024 : A meeting of the Metro B Publications Committee of the APNS was held at Islamabad on July 11, 2024
presided over by Chairman of the Committee Mr. Faisal Zahid Malik.
The Chairman thanked the members for attending the meeting and hoped that the Committee will
consistently put up their best efforts to solve the problems faced by the newspaper industry. The members
thoroughly considered the basic problems faced by Metro B publications with special reference to
financial issues which were crucial for the survival of newspapers. The member recommended that the
APNS should prioritise to arrange seminars to train the newspaper publishers and their staff to launch
their digital editions. It was also suggested that to solve the problems faced by Metro B publications in
procurement of ads, special committees be formed in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore to coordinate with
the respective information departments of Punjab, Sindh and Islamabad. The members of the committee
expressed their concern on the distribution system of the advertisement to the newspapers and urged upon
the PID to take appropriate measures for the survival of these newspapers.
The Committee members congratulated Mr. Sarmad Ali on his election as Senator and expressed their
pleasure that the representation of the newspaper industry in Upper House will be beneficial for the print
media.