3. News Agency:
A news agency may also refer to as “wire service, news wire or
news service”. It is aimed at distributing news for customers,
generally media outlets and not to the public
It can defined as:
“A news agency is an organization that gathers news stories
from a particular country or all over the world and supplies
them to the subscribing news organizations.”
All the MASS MEDIA depends upon the agencies for the bulk of the
news.
4. History:
• In 1835 the world’s first French news agency HAVAS was
established. It was followed by Associated press (AP) in 1846,
WOLFF in Germany in 1849, TUWORA In Austria in 1850, and
REUTERS in UK in1851. Very soon there was a national news
agency in almost every European country. Generalist and specialist
news agencies operating at international, regional, national, and
sub- national levels have constituted a networked system of news
gathering and news distribution for well over one hundred years
5. News Agencies in Pakistan:
Following are some of the news agencies of Pakistan:
• Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)
• Pakistan Press International (PPI)
• News Network International (NNI)
• Independent News Pakistan (INP)
6. Associated Press Of Pakistan (APP)
APP is a government operated national news agency of Pakistan
7. Associated Press Of Pakistan
Introduction:
Headquartered at the Capital Islamabad, the Associated Press of
Pakistan has bureaus at Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar,
Quetta, Multan, Hyderabad, Faisalabad and Gilgit. On a smaller
scale it has Stations at Larkana, Muzaffarabad, Sargodha,
Abbottabad, Sialkot, Bahawalpur and Sukkur.
The whole news operation is monitored by a CENTRAL NEWS DESK
(CND) located at the head office in Islamabad.
The CND is connected with foreign new agencies, local and foreign
newspapers, government entities, tv channels, radios via internet.
8. History:
• The Associated Press of Pakistan started it’s life in 1947 with the
independence of Pakistan. Initially it was run by a trust but was
taken over by government through an ordinance called
“ASSAOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN ORDINANCE 1961” on 5th June
1961. (Ayyub Khan’s ERA).
• APP was later converted into corporation on October, 19, 2002
through an ordinance renaming it as Associated Press of Pakistan
Corporation (APPC) and lending a status of Semi- Government
media.
9. Management and Financing:
• The agency is headed by a Director-General, appointed by
Ministry. Also, it has a Managing Director (MD) appointed by the
government.
Staff:
• The number of APP’s employees is estimated at between 800and
1000, of whom over 200 to 300are journalists and photographers
while the rest is administration staff, including computer
engineers, technicians, peons, data entry operators and finance
staff.
• There is a small number of “stringers” (part time correspondents)
at various district head-quarters in Pakistan and aboard.
10. Services provided by APP:
1. News Services
• Official news
• Political and other news
• District news
• Foreign news
2. Commercial Services
3. Photo Services
4. Urdu Services
• Feature and write-up Services
• Video Services
13. Introduction:
• Pakistan press international is the country’s leading independent
news agency. The PPI is also recognized internationally and that is
because the news on the website is not given against or in favor of
any particular group or community. This helps us to maintain the
international standards of journalism. The PPI is a trust worthy
name for international media to get news from all sectors of
Pakistan.
14. History:
• Pakistan press international was launched in June 1956.
• It was started with the name Pakistan Press Association (PPA), in
1968 it was changed to Pakistan Press International.
• The agency began it’s service by hand only in Karachi. Afterwards
PPI built a network in smaller cities and town of Pakistan. For
foreign news the PPI signed up with Agence France Press (AFP) in
1957. In 1958 it became the first Asian partner of Deutsche Press-
Agenture (DPE). The same year it installed teleprinters in the
offices of its clients. By 1960, PPI had centers in all the major
newspapers centers of Pakistan, namely Karachi, Lahore,
Rawalpindi
15. Staff
• The estimated number of PPI’s staff is over 300. It has it’s
reporters in almost all parts of the country.
Services provided by PPI:
1. News Services
2. Urdu Services
3. Special coverage to rural areas
4. English Services
5. Photo and Video Services
6. Social Media Platform
17. Introduction:
NNI is a private-operated national news agency of Pakistan.
• Launched in
News network international was launched or established in
1992.
• Headquarter:
Headquarter of news network international is in G-7 Islamabad.
• Staff:
It has hundreds of reports in Pakistan and other countries as
well who provide authentic news from all around the world. It has a
number of bureau chiefs as well.
18. • Services:
English languages news services.
Good photos and videos services.
• Social media:
The information of websites is present on both English Urdu languages.
NNI has accounts on almost all social media sites.
• Website:
The official website of NNI is www.nni-news.com.pk
19. Independent news Pakistan (INP):
Independent news Pakistan is a prominent private news agency
of Pakistan.
20. Introduction
• INP is Pakistan’s third largest news agency
• Independent news Pakistan is a registered news agency of
Pakistan.
• INP’s reports are widely covered by the national media.
Launched in:
Independent news Pakistan (INP) has been working since June
2003.
Head-quarter:
The main head-quarter of INP is in Islamabad.
21. Offices:
It has offices in all the provincial capitals and in Muzaffarabad
Gilgit Baltistan.
Staff:
Independent news Pakistan has hundreds of correspondents in
all over the Pakistan and world.
22. Services provided by INP:
1. News services
2. English and Urdu news service
3. Quality photo service
INP on social media platforms:
It is also present on all social media platforms to help it’s users
by providing them with fresh and authentic information and news.
Website:
Official website of independent news Pakistan is www.inp.net.pk
23. Conclusion:
News agencies play important role in providing information to the
public. These agencies provide news stories to the newspaper
organizations, T.V channels, magazine etc.
They not only provide news to news organizations but also provide it
to public through social media platforms , there official websites
and official accounts.
