Delegations of All Pakistan
Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE),
separately called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at Prime Minister
House Islamabad.
The
APNS delegation comprised of Mr. Sarmad Ali, Mr. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, Mr.
Hameed Haroon, Ms. Rameeza Nizami, Mr. Mehtab Khan, Mr. Umar Shami, Mr. Waseem
Ahmed, Mr. Munir Gillani, Mr. Khushnood Ali Khan, Mr. Javed Shamsi, Mr. Haroon
Shah, Syed Mumtaz Ahmed, Mr. Mumtaz Tahir, Mr. Ali Hasan, Mr.Humayun Gulzar and
others.
The
CPNE delegation consisted of Mr. Zia Shahid, Mr. Shaheen Qureshi, Mr. Imtiaz
Alam, Mr. Ikram Sehgal, Mr. Aijaz-ul-Haq, Mr. Jameel Ather, Mr. Arif Nizami,
Dr. Jabbar, Mr. Wamiq Zuberi, Mr. Kazim Khan, Mr. Anwer Sajdi, Mr. Tahir
Farooq, Mr. Rehmat Razi, Mr. Ayaz Khan and Mr. Ghulam Nabi Chandio.
The
delegations highlighted various issues pertaining to media industry. Issues of
national importance also came under discussion.
The
Prime Minister assured that the issues raised by the media organizations would
be duly considered. He said that the government would continue to provide every
possible facilitation to the media in discharge of its professional duties.
