The digital version of PAS organ Harakah, or e-Harakah, will be a subscription service from Nov 1 onwards while its news portal Harakah Daily will continue to be free. 

Harakah chief editor Wan Nordin Wan Yaacob said not all content will be subjected to the RM10 monthly paywall.

"All the special reports and statements by leaders will be paid content from now on... Not everything will be behind the paywall," he told Malaysiakini.

He said he was not sure why the company's management had made such a decision, but stressed that it was not decided by the PAS leadership.

"I am just the chief editor... Our CEO made the decision," he said. 

On whether the subscription service would have an impact on the print version of Harakah, Wan Nordin said he expected some drop in circulation.

"However, the print version will have slightly different content. We will be discussing this further, but we do expect a lower circulation rate if we focussed on the online version.

"Some of the special reports may not necessarily make it to print. We'll see how it goes," he said.

Apart from e-Harakah, other subscription news services include Bernama, Malaysiakini and Berita Harian Plus.