Vernacular newspapers have a major role to play in building public opinion particularly in South Asian countries, Union information and broadcasting minister S Jaipal Reddy said here today. | |
| 'Journalism should focus on highlighting people's needs rather than forming opinion about governments. You can bring a change in the system by highlighting the issues concerning governance and eradicating the poverty which is a common problem in this region," he said while inaugurating the sixth conference of South Asian Editors Forum (SAEF). |
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| People of South Asian countries have many similarities from culture to poverty, he said, and stressed the need for economic and mutual cooperation among the nations. |
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| Welcoming the Pakistani delegation for the two-day conference, Reddy called for long-lasting peace between the two countries and development of economic and mutual ties between the people of the two countries. |
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| The conference, hosted by the Andhra Pradesh government, is being attended by a high-profile contingent of Pakistani editors led by former Pakistan information minister Javed Jabbar. |
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