Pakistan, July 15 -- The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) held a meeting with the Attaullah Tarar, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting to discuss a wide range of issues relating to the newspaper industry, government advertising policy and regulatory reforms.

During the meeting, the Federal Minister agreed in principle and directed the officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to incorporate the digital websites of newspapers into the Federal Government's print advertising campaigns.

The APNS delegation pointed out that the Prime Minister's commitment to increase government advertising rates for the print media has yet to be implemented, despite the severe economic challenges...