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Daily Archives: June 1, 2016

Pakistani media highlights active role of PEMRA to regulate content of television channels

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Print and electronic media in Pakistan highlighted the Supreme Courts of Pakistan (SC) anger over ineffectiveness of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in monitoring the content on news channels, the role of media in stability of democracy and misbehaving of activists of Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) with a journalist in London. PPF monitored 18 […]


Artist captures spirit of everyday life

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KARACHI: On first glimpse, the still life paintings by artist Aamir Ahmed Qureshi could easily be mistaken for photographs. The detail with which each stroke has been applied makes his work, being showcased at Citi Art Gallery, realistic and flawless. The work captures the spirit of the artist’s everyday life and what is present around […]


Promotion of science, technology can help end poverty: Mamnoon

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ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said that by promoting science and technology in the Muslim societies poverty could be eliminated, health facilities improved and adequate provision of water, food and energy ensured. Addressing the 15th inaugural session of General Assembly of Comstech in Islamabad, the president said that they could raise the people’s living […]


Senators want ban on foreign channels and ‘odd’ content

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ISLAMABAD: While the officials in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the information ministry are stressing on a more democratic approach for implementing controls on electric media, members of the Senate Standing Committee on Information on Tuesday called for more autocratic restrictions. The committee which met on Tuesday was chaired by Senator Kamil […]


‘Pakistan to be next digital hotspot in two years’

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KARACHI: Pakistan will be the next digital hotspot over the next couple of years as the country is now among one of the top destinations for the mobile industry and global retail and e-tail giants, said a “white paper” prepared by online marketplace Daraz.pk. Moreover, with 125 million mobile subscribers in 2015, the country is […]


‘Toothless’ regulator PTA taking bytes out of cyberspace?

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ISLAMABAD: If the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is known for anything, it is Internet content management. For around eight years, the PTA has been blocking content on the directives of the now-defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Evaluation of Websites (IMCEW). Formed in August 2006, the committee was dissolved by the Islamabad High Court after a […]


Journalists, politicians and civil society criticise Cyber Crime Bill 2016

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Farhatullah Babar seeks solid feedback from journalists for further discussion on the bill; MQM senator says his party also had reservations about the bill ISLAMABAD: Addressing a seminar here on Tuesday journalists, politicians and the civil society rejected the Cyber Crime Bill 2016 approved by the National Assembly on April 13 demanding that the bill […]