Aleem Khan sent back APNS delegation with empty begging bowl

Lahore : Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has said that media is an important pillar of the state and present Government would extend all out cooperation to resolve the issues of newspaper industry for which meeting with Chief Minister Punjab will be arranged shortly.

He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of Executive Body of All Pakistan Newspapers Association (APNS) here at 90 The Mall . President APNS Sarmad Ali along with other office bearers called on Senior Minister and apprised him about the present state of affairs and problems they are facing.

Abdul Aleem Khan said that there is no doubt that media played a pivotal role in bringing PTI and Imran Khan to this stage of success and today newspapers and television channels are again free to criticize the government. He invited the journalist’s community to point out the shortcomings which will be addressed accordingly.

Abdul Aleem Khan said that presently a number of projects in Punjab have become white elephant and we bent upon to either close them or carry on under heavy debts.

He claimed that journey in the right direction has already been started under the dynamic leadership of Imran Khan and soon there would sigh of relief for the masses.

Senior Minister listened the proposals given by the senior journalists and assured that in the light of that strategy would be evolved. He also assured his personal interest in solving the problems of the media industry and provides them relief as much as possible.

President APNS Sarmad Ali told that Pakistani media facing the record crisis and dollar price has also played role in this regard. He said that if Government did not sort out of the box solution of these problems then there would be no option left for newspapers on strong footings.

Mehtab Khan, Mujeeb ur Rehman Shami, Khushnood Ali Khan, Rahmat Ali Razi, Naveed Chaudhary, Jamil Athar and senior journalists from other provinces also expressed their views and appealed the Senior Minister to personally intervene in the matter to provide immediate relief to the media industry.