Sindh caretaker Minister for Information, Law, Environment and Information Technology Jameel Yusuf has said that media should highlight and support good people so that they should be elected to achieve the very purpose of free, fair and impartial elections.
This, he said, while addressing the "Meet-the-Editors" Programme organised by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) at its Secretariat, here on Wednesday. Caretaker minister Jameel Yusuf has said that though in a short space of time, we had concentrated on sensitive issues but we are working for good governance and foolproof system to reshape the government departments.
On the occasion, he said, "I am taking actions against those who are failed to make payment of advertisements to the print media/newspapers and I am also seriously examining the issue of advertisement agencies who are not given the requisite payments of the newspapers.
He assured to resolve the issues on top priority basis being faced by the print media. He further said that all advertisements issued by the Information Department will be displayed on Web site for check and balance and transparency so that the complaint against favouritism against about issuance of advertisement to the dummy newspapers and those newspapers who deprived getting advertisements will be resolved and transparency should be prevailed. He said that in my tenure, "I will try my level best to facilitate the newspapers and the print media problems and also I will pay full attention to the information department for their betterment".
Earlier, Secretary General CPNE Dr Jabbar Khatak, Ikram Sehgul, and others of CPNE highlighted the issues and problems faced by the CPNE members. They thanked the minister information for his positive steps regarding to solve the advertisement issues. On the occasion DG Information Mansoor Ahmed Shaikh, Director Press Information Zeenat Jahan and others were also present.-PR