KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) lauded the efforts of the courts and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for their professionalism and hard work, due to which the ‘black sheep’ of the advertising agency, Midas Private Limited and Evernew Concepts Private Limited’s CEO Inam Akbar, was arrested. Inam Akbar not only looted billions of rupees from the public exchequer, he also caused losses of billions of rupees to newspapers and advertising agencies. The government must stop the distribution of public advertisements through the likes of Evernew Concepts Limited and Midas Private Limited, it asked. The resolution also asked the Sindh government to devise steps for the clearance of the outstanding dues owed to newspapers on an urgent basis. CPNE authorities also agreed to meet NAB authorities to discuss the issue.

Source: Pakistan Today January 04, 2018 17:15 UTC