Policy Circulars

• 1.

  APNS Press Release - Annual General Meeting - 2026

  Date: Mar-31-2026
  
  
  
• 2.

  PBA Circular regarding Voluntary Consideration of Sign Language Interpretation in News Bulletins

  Date: Feb-12-2026
  PBA/02-26/221238
  
  
• 3.

  Press Release for Information - Sindh Commission for Protection of Journalists

  Date: Feb-09-2026
  Briefing on police reports about the killing of journalist Tufail Rind and the attack on the Ibrat newspaper office.
  
  
• 4.

  PBA Circular regarding Continuation - Advertisements of Product \"Tea Time\"

  Date: Feb-09-2026
  PBA/02-26/221236
  
  
• 5.

  PBA Press Release - December 12, 2025

  Date: Dec-12-2025
  PBA Condemns Govt Ad Ban on Dawn, Urges Withdrawal
  
  
• 6.

  PBA Circular - Advisory on Discontinuation of Distribution Monitoring Reports

  Date: Nov-04-2025
  PBA/11-25/220680
  
  
• 7.

  PBA Press Release - Annual General Meeting - 2025

  Date: Oct-31-2025
  
  
  
• 8.

  PBA Circular - Clearance of Outstanding Dues & Tax Compliance

  Date: Sep-12-2025
  PBA/09-25/220398
  
  
• 9.

  PBA Circular - Urgent Compliance Reminder Regarding Sales Tax Withholding and Filing Obligations

  Date: Jul-08-2025
  PBA/07-25/219907
  
  
• 10.

  PBA Circular - Compliance with Punjab Sales Tax Withholding Obligations under PRA Laws

  Date: May-13-2025
  PBA/05-25/219573
  
  
• 11.

  Reminder for Timely Submission of Invoices for Government Advertising Campaigns

  Date: Mar-13-2025
  PBA/03/25/219427
  
  
• 12.

  PBA Circular - PFUJ’s call to observe black day against PECA Act - January 31, 2025

  Date: Jan-30-2025
  
  
  
• 13.

  PBA Circular - Request for issuance of Invoices against the advertising campaigns of all Government (Federal/Provincial) Clients December 31, 2024

  Date: Dec-31-2024
  PBA/12-24/219315
  
  
• 14.

  PBA Circular - Compliance with SOPs for Submission of Bills to DGPR December 31, 2024

  Date: Dec-31-2024
  PBA/12-24/219314
  
  
• 15.

  Press Release - PBA Urges PEMRA for Immediate Restoration of TAM Services

  Date: Dec-08-2024
  
  
  
• 16.

  PBA Press Release - Annual General Meeting - 2024

  Date: Oct-31-2024
  
  
  
• 17.

  Reminder - Guidelines for Political Advertising Campaigns

  Date: Jan-31-2024
  PBA/01-24/21602
  
  
• 18.

  PBA Circular - Political Advertisement Policy - Advertising Agency

  Date: May-28-2018
  
  
  
• 19.

  Guideline for Political Advertising Campaigns on PBA Member Regional Channels

  Date: Jan-02-2024
  PBA/01-24/21502
  
  
• 20.

  PBA Circular - Clarification about Samsung Gulf Electronics FZE, Dubai

  Date: Dec-19-2023
  PBA/12-23/21464
  
  
• 21.

  PBA Circular - Direct Client - Compliance of Clearance Rules August 15, 2023

  Date: Aug-15-2023
  PBA/08-23/Cir-20959
  
  
• 22.

  Double Taxation Due to Overlapping under Provincial Sales Tax Laws on Advertisement Service and Agent Thereof

  Date: May-29-2023
  
  
  
• 23.

  PBA Circular February 04, 2023

  Date: Feb-04-2023
  
  
  
• 24.

  PBA Circular - Compliance of Clearance Rules

  Date: Feb-02-2023
  PBA/02-23/Cir-20257
  
  
• 25.

  Registration of Digital Media Publications / Properties with PBA

  Date: Dec-07-2022
  PBA/12-22/DM-20114
  
  
• 26.

  PBA Working Committees 2022 - 2023

  Date: Nov-26-2022
  
  
  
• 27.

  PBA Circular - Guidelines for issuance of invoices in respect of advertising campaigns of DGPR, Govt. of Punjab.

  Date: Nov-24-2022
  PBA/11-22/Cir-20039
  
  
• 28.

  PBA Circular - Political Advertisement Policy

  Date: Jul-13-2022
  PBA/07-22/19241
  
  
• 29.

  PBA Circular - Political Advertisement Policy

  Date: Jul-13-2022
  PBA/07-22/19242
  
  
• 30.

  Letter from Z2C Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

  Date: Feb-10-2022
  
  
  
• 31.

  PBA Circular - Disclosure about Group / Affiliate Advertising Agencies / MBHs

  Date: Jan-27-2022
  PBA/01-22/Cir-18840
  
  
• 32.

  PBA Circular - CPRP Mechanism December 28, 2021

  Date: Dec-28-2021
  PBA/12-21/Cir (Mem)-18792
  
  
• 33.

  PBA Circular - Submission of Pending GST Certificate / WHT Challans

  Date: Dec-02-2021
  PBA/12-21/Cir-18760
  
  
• 34.

  PBA Working Committees 2021 - 2022

  Date: Nov-29-2021
  
  
  
• 35.

  Submission of pending GST Certificate/WHT Challans

  Date: Jul-07-2021
  PBA/07-21/Cir-18132
  
  
• 36.

  Notices from Sindh Revenue Board to submission of Sales Tax Certificates/Challans.

  Date: Jun-29-2021
  
  
  
• 37.

  PBA Circular - Submission of Government Advertising Bills in Press Information Department (PID)

  Date: May-20-2021
  
  
  
• 38.

  PBA Circular - COVID-19 Vaccination

  Date: Apr-10-2021
  
  
  
• 39.

  Notice from FBR - U/S 176 of Income Tax Ordinance 2001

  Date: Apr-10-2021
  
  
  
• 40.

  PBA Working Committees - 2020 - 2021

  Date: Feb-19-2021
  
  
  
• 41.

  PBA Circular - Clarification regarding Advertisement Rates of Autonomous/Semi-Autonomous Bodies of Federal and Provisional Governments

  Date: Sep-14-2020
  
  
  
• 42.

  Outstanding Dues Payment through PBA E-filing Software

  Date: Sep-11-2018
  for Agencies
  
  
• 43.

  REMINDER: PBA Circular - Vendor Number Accounts with AGPR Office for Payment of Govt. Advertisement Bills.

  Date: Aug-20-2020
  PBA/08-20/Cir-17139
  
  
• 44.

  Intellectual Property Tribunal Order - Master Enterprises v/s. Diamond Industries

  Date: Aug-18-2020
  
  
  
• 45.

  PBA Circular - Vendor Number Accounts with AGPR Office for Payment of Govt. Advertisement Bills

  Date: Aug-13-2020
  PBA/08-20/Cir-17145
  
  
• 46.

  PBA Circular - Vendor Number Accounts with AGPR Office for Payment of Govt. Advertisement Bills.

  Date: Aug-12-2020
  PBA/08-20/Cir-17139
  
  
• 47.

  Request from Press Information Department Isb

  Date: Aug-09-2020
  
  
  
• 48.

  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) - Intimation Regarding Compulsory Registration under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Act, 2013.

  Date: Jul-10-2020
  
  
  
• 49.

  Accreditation of Digital Media Advertising Agencies (MBHs)

  Date: Jul-03-2020
  PBA/07-20/Cir-16829
  
  
• 50.

  PBA Rules & Regulations Governing Conduct of Advertising Agencies & MBHs - Guidelines

  Date: Nov-16-2016
  
  
  
• 51.

  Clearance of Digital Media Outstanding Dues

  Date: Jun-13-2020
  PBA/06-20/Cir-16715
  
  
• 52.

  PBA Circular - Government Bail-out Package for Electronic Media

  Date: Apr-11-2020
  
  
  
• 53.

  PBA Circular April 10, 2020

  Date: Apr-10-2020
  
  
  
• 54.

  PBA Circular to Member Broadcasters - Invoicing through Email and Online Payment System

  Date: Mar-26-2020
  
  
  
• 55.

  Circular to Advertising Agencies / Payment of Outstanding Dues

  Date: Mar-18-2020
  PBA/03-20/ACC-16583
  
  
• 56.

  PBA Circular - Pending Government Advertisement Payments - Second Promo

  Date: Mar-15-2020
  
  
  
• 57.

  PBA Working Committees - 2019-2020

  Date: Feb-08-2020
  
  
  
• 58.

  PBA Circular - Government Advertisement Tariff for the Electronic Media.

  Date: Nov-20-2019
  
  
  
• 59.

  Circular - Submission of Pending GST Certificate & WHT Challan

  Date: Apr-02-2019
  PBA/03-19/Cir-15676
  
  
• 60.

  PBA Circular - All Members / Associate Members

  Date: May-29-2018
  PBA/05-18/14703
  
  
• 61.

  PBA Circular - Political Advertisement Policy

  Date: May-29-2018
  PBA/05-18/14703
  
  
• 62.

  PBA Circular - AXACT/BOL - Fake Degrees to News Channel

  Date: May-15-2018
  Email
  
  
• 63.

  Pemra Letter - Public Service Message ( Writ Petition No. 739/2017.Titled Salman Shahid V /S. FOP ( for Reporting Blasphemy))

  Date: Apr-02-2018
  Writ Petition No. 739/2017
  
  
• 64.

  Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History & Literary Heritage (Constitution Petition No. 105 of 2012 Etc.)

  Date: Mar-16-2018
  6(6)/2012-P-I (Pt)
  
  
• 65.

  PBA Circular - Billing to Commercial Clients

  Date: Aug-23-2017
  PBA/08-17/Cir-13850
  
  
• 66.

  PBA Circular - Government Advertisement Rates

  Date: Aug-19-2017
  
  
  
• 67.

  PBA Circular - Billing to Commercial Clients

  Date: Aug-18-2017
  
  
  
• 68.

  PBA Circular - Billing to Commercial Clients

  Date: Aug-17-2017
  PBA/08-17/Cir-13835
  
  
• 69.

  PBA Circular - Billing to Commercial Clients

  Date: Aug-08-2017
  PBA/08-17/Cir-13816
  
  
• 70.

  PBA Circular - Clarification Billing Format

  Date: Jul-27-2017
  PBA/07-17/Cir-13779
  
  
• 71.

  Circular - Revision of Annual Membership Fee

  Date: Jul-25-2017
  PBA/07-17/MEM-13589
  
  
• 72.

  PBA Circular - Billing Format

  Date: Jul-20-2017
  PBA/07-17/Cir-13665
  
  
• 73.

  NOTICE FOR COMPULSORY ENROLLMENT / REGISTRATION WITH PRA UNDER SECTION 27(2) OF THE PUNJAB SALES TAX SERVICES ACT 2012

  Date: May-27-2017
  
  
  
• 74.

  PBA Circular

  Date: May-16-2017
  PBA/05-17/Cir-13414
  
  
• 75.

  Raids on Business Premises by FBR Officials

  Date: May-09-2017
  
  
  
• 76.

  PEMRA Circular - 22-3-2017

  Date: Mar-29-2017
  
  
  
• 77.

  PEMRA - PSA - Tobacco Control

  Date: Mar-29-2017
  
  
  
• 78.

  Capping of 12 Minutes of Advertisements During an Hour

  Date: Feb-10-2017
  
  
  
• 79.

  Extension in Suspension Deadline - Connect Marketing Communication (Pvt.) Ltd.

  Date: Dec-05-2016
  
  
  
• 80.

  Circular - Security of Media Houses

  Date: Sep-02-2016
  
  
  
• 81.

  Suspension of Business - Midas Communications Pakistan (pvt) Ltd. - ISLAMABAD

  Date: May-25-2016
  SA/05-15/57-12152
  
  
• 82.

  PBA Circular - Guidelines on Clause 13 & 15(b) of PBA Rules & Regulations

  Date: Apr-18-2016
  PBA/04-16/CIR-11984
  
  
• 83.

  PBA Circular - Guidelines on Clause 13 & 15(b) of PBA Rules & Regulations

  Date: Apr-18-2016
  PBA/04-16/CIR-11985
  
  
• 84.

  Extension in Suspension Deadline - Ms Time & Space Media (Pvt.) Limited

  Date: Jul-09-2015
  SA/07-15/7811133
  
  
• 85.

  Clause 13 & 15 (b) of PBA Rules & Regulations Governing Conduct of Advertising Agencies & MBHs - Guidelines

  Date: Oct-28-2015
  PBA/10-15/Cir-11591
  
  
• 86.

  Clause 13 & 15 (b) of PBA Rules & Regulations Governing Conduct of Advertising Agencies & MBHs - Guidelines

  Date: Oct-28-2015
  PBA/10-15/Cir-11590
  
  
• 87.

  PBA Circular - October 9, 2015

  Date: Oct-09-2015
  PBA/10-15/CIR-11507
  
  
• 88.

  Restroration of Business - Evernew Concepts (Pvt.) Ltd. & Midas (Pvt.) Ltd.

  Date: Sep-24-2015
  
  
  
• 89.

  Stop Airing of Advertisements of Mall of Sargodha

  Date: Jan-04-2017
  
  
  
• 90.

  Suspended Client - Ministry of Water & Power

  Date: Apr-17-2015
  
  
  
• 91.

  Postponement of Annual General Meeting (AGM-2014)

  Date: Oct-31-2014
  
  
  
• 92.

  Circular PBA/09/14/Cir-10272

  Date: Sep-20-2014
  PBA/09/14/Cir-10272
  
  
• 93.

  Publication of Notification in the Sindh Government Gazette (Extra-Ordinary)

  Date: Apr-22-2014
  
  
  
• 94.

  Court order on PPPs Political Advertisement (Malik Qayyum/Shahbaz Sharif)

  Date: May-04-2013
  
  
  
• 95.

  Circular - Sales Tax Retunrs in FBR

  Date: Jun-12-2013
  
  
  
• 96.

  Circular - PEMRA Letter dated July 3, 2013

  Date: Jul-03-2013
  
  
  
• 97.

  Releases of Forvil Cosmetics and Elite Traders for Bio Amla

  Date: Apr-02-2013
  
  
  
• 98.

  Circular - Revised Political Advertisements Policy

  Date: Jan-26-2013
  
  
  
• 99.

  Circular - Revised Political Advertisements Policy

  Date: Jan-26-2013
  
  
  
• 100.

  Circular - Appointment of New Secretary General

  Date: Feb-11-2012