{"id":11680,"date":"2025-09-25T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/25\/celebrating-newspaper-readers-day\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:06:51","slug":"celebrating-newspaper-readers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/25\/celebrating-newspaper-readers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Newspaper Readers Day Across Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Islamabad on 25 September 2025, <strong>Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq<\/strong> extended congratulations to the All Pakistan Newspapers Society and the wider journalist fraternity on Newspaper Readers Day, praising their contribution to public life and national discourse.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker emphasized that newspapers remain a trusted source of verified information and play a vital role as a bridge between parliament and the public. He noted that Newspaper Readers Day is an opportunity to honour editors, reporters and media institutions whose research, analysis and context help citizens understand complex issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parliamentary reporters<\/strong>, the Speaker said, perform an essential public service by conveying legislative developments to voters across the country. Their work helps translate parliamentary debate into accessible information and strengthens citizens\u2019 ability to engage with democratic processes.<\/p>\n<p>In an age of social media, <em>responsible journalism<\/em> and adherence to high ethical standards have become even more important. The Speaker urged print media to maintain impartiality, professionalism and accountability while continuing to expose injustices and present facts that inform public judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the role of newspapers in building national consciousness and intellectual nourishment, he encouraged young people and educational institutions to cultivate the habit of newspaper reading. Speaker Sadiq stressed that an informed and aware citizenry is the foundation of a resilient democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite challenges, newspapers have advanced on the strength of public trust, and the Speaker expressed his best wishes for the continued development and promotion of the print media industry, underscoring that greater readership will contribute to a stronger, democratic Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Ayaz Sadiq marks Newspaper Readers Day, urging promotion of newspaper reading, media ethics and parliamentary reporting to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}