APP: News Agency of Pakistan

APP, Associated press of Pakistan is the federal news agency of Pakistan. The news agency works under the ministry of information and broadcasting. A general manager appointed by the ministry runs the organizational setup. The department has a staff of more than five hundred staff members, which include reporters, camera operators, journalists, writers, newscasters and finance staff. The office of the department is in the capital, Islamabad. APP has its offices in three main cities, which include Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore and a vast network of linked offices in small cities.

The firm has faced serious economic and financial crisis due to lack of funds in the early years until October 2002 when through an ordinance, it was converted in to a corporation and renamed as APPC Associated Press Pakistan Corporation. With annual budget of 140 million rupees, the organization generates its income from print and electronic media. Being a federal administrative body all newspapers and different news networks work under its supervision. Dawn, The Nation Pakistan Times, The News International are major English newspapers while Nawa-e-waqt, Khabrain and Jang are Urdu newspapers having readers throughout the country. APPC provides all news of different issues including official, political, local, marketing and business. The APPC has close allies with more than 35 different news agencies of the world and it is official source of International news for other nations.