By: Shazia Mehboob RAWALPINDI: With more influence comes greater responsibility – something that the electronic media, which is long out of its infancy, now needs to work upon by setting a code of ethics for broadcasting. This was the crux of a discussion on “Towards Ethical Media in Pakistan” organised by Rozan-Pakistan Coalition for Ethical […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued a notice to top officials of the government in response to a contempt petition filed by Pemra chairman, who sought contempt proceedings against the officials for not complying with the court’s order. Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan, in the issued notice, sought replies from the secretary establishment, secretary ministry […]
KARACHI: A three-day exhibition of contemporary artists’ works commenced at the Arts Council on Thursday evening. The painters whose exhibits are on display range from some of the known names in Pakistani art to the relatively less known. The more than 60 artworks are done in different media and almost all of them try to […]
LAHORE: Cellular phone companies claimed on Friday to have met the Dec 20 deadline set by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to install at their outlets in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan and Faisalabad the biometric verification system meant for stopping the illegal sale of SIMs. The PTA had asked the companies to complete […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday set aside the single bench orders in which it allowed the Pakistan Television to recover three per cent commission its former managing director (MD) Yousaf Baig Mirza used to receive on its overall revenue. The commission was in addition to his monthly salary he used to draw […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday restrained the central censor board from issuing exhibition certificates to Indian films and sought reply from the secretary interior, secretary commerce, board of revenue and other respondents within a week. Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan passed the interim order on a petition filed by film directors, producers, distributors and […]
KARACHI: All media organizations should train both newsroom and field journalists for covering sensitive issues like minority and religious ones so as to avoid any harm. Media needs to give full training to reporters and cameramen on live courage of religious and other grave issues. It is must to be careful while using language in […]
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