Pakistan Press International (PPI)
[Pakistan Press International (PPI) news agency on GoogleBooks website]
Retrieved 11 August 2019 () is a
Pakistani news agency
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and All-news radio, radio and News broadcasting, television Broadcasting, broadcasters. A news agency may ...
first founded in June 1956 as the Pakistan Press Association (PPA).
[Profile of Pakistan Press International (PPI) on AsiaNet website]
Retrieved 11 August 2019
The name Pakistan Press Association (PPA) was changed in 1968. It was first started by Muazzam Ali, the Chief Editor of
Associated Press of Pakistan
Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) ( ur, ) is a government-operated national news agency of Pakistan. APP has News Exchange Agreements with 37 Foreign News Agencies and has more than 500 correspondents.
History Lack of financial resources
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(APP). The agency objective was to provide competition to APP's monopoly in Pakistan. PPA also built up a network of correspondents in the smaller cities and towns in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. This was in contrast to APP, which had news coverage only in a limited number of large cities. For foreign news, the agency signed up with the
Agence France-Presse
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AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C ...
(AFP) in 1957, and a year later became the first Asian partner of DPA. PPA also posted a correspondent in the
Middle East
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, an area of special interest to Pakistani newspapers.
[Pakistan Press International (PPI) on urdupoint.com website]
Retrieved 11 August 2019
Major news agencies in Pakistan
Pakistan has two major news agencies: the government-controlled
Associated Press of Pakistan
Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) ( ur, ) is a government-operated national news agency of Pakistan. APP has News Exchange Agreements with 37 Foreign News Agencies and has more than 500 correspondents.
History Lack of financial resources
Fol ...
and the privately-owned independent news agency, Pakistan Press International (PPI).
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Among the veteran journalists that once worked for PPI were Idrees Bakhtiar and Ashfak Bokhari.Veteran journalist Ashfak Bokhari passes away]
Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 September 2018, Retrieved 11 August
2019
Staff and news coverage
PPI has a staff of over 300 people that covers not only the major cities of Pakistan but also has an extensive coverage of rural Pakistan.
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According to ASIANET website, "The agency akistan Press International (PPI)enjoys the respect of national and international media and has distinguished itself as an instrument of credible, objective, and ethical journalism."][
Pakistan's major TV news channels, radio stations, magazines, newspapers and websites use Pakistan Press International (PPI) as their source to gather latest news.][
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References
External links
Pakistan Press International
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Companies based in Karachi
News agencies based in Pakistan
Mass media in Pakistan
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