Lahore.No. 04.(Press release )
The Punjab government’s recent amendments to the Procurement Rules (PPRA) have been met with fierce criticism from the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Punjab Committee. The changes are seen as a covert attempt to ban tender notices and advertisements in national and regional newspapers, potentially strangling the already financially vulnerable newspaper industry.
APNS Punjab Committee Chairman Jamil Athar Qazi expressed grave concerns over the amendments, labeling them a “sinister conspiracy” to economically strangle newspapers. He urged Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to immediately revoke the amendments and save the industry from collapse.
The committee emphasized that these changes would not only harm newspapers but also render thousands of journalists and media workers jobless. They stressed that the amendments would undermine transparency in government procurement processes.
Amendments would lead to financial collapse of newspapers.
– _Job Losses_: Thousands of journalists and media workers would be rendered jobless.
– _Lack of Transparency_: Changes would obscure government procurement processes.
The APNS Punjab Committee has vowed to resist any attempts to undermine the newspaper industry, emphasizing that such moves will not be tolerated ¹.
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