“The information minister only came to know about the event when the prime minister asked [her] about the list of the awards winners,” the official said. After the invitation of the event came to the knowledge of the information minister and a probe was launched into the episode. The official said that not only the prime minister directed to cancel the event, the PM’s Office has also not given a new date to the APNS management for the awards. APNS Annual Awards Ceremony, which was scheduled to be held on January 15, is supposed to be the most prestigious event of the print media industry. The awards ceremony was to cover the awards from the year 2013-2018.

Source: Pakistan Today January 18, 2018 18:51 UTC