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Daily Archives: October 20, 2016

Weekly Content Monitoring Report from October 10-16

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Media resistance on placing Pakistan’s leading newspaper staffer on ECL The ban imposed on travel of noted journalist Cyril Almeida, assistant editor of daily Dawn dominated the coverage of media in Pakistan. During the week 50 news out of 58 in print and 97 stories out of 122 in TV. The decision of putting journalist’s […]


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Transgender persons want dedicated column in census form

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ISLAMABAD: Transgender activists filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday requesting it to direct the government to include an additional column for them in the national census form. Petitioners Umer alias Pinki, Faisal Hayat alias Anaya, Muhammad Saeed alias Pinki, Muhammad Asif alias Rukhsar, Nadeemul Zafar alias Kashish, Sadaf alias Gori and Muhammad […]


Communication barrier: Media relegates science to low priority status, say speakers

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KARACHI: Politics and security issues are covered more extensively in newspapers whereas very little space is given to science, health and even education news. This was voiced by journalists and scientists at a one-day seminar on ‘Science and Society – Science Communication and Public Engagement’ at the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi […]


Pemra bans Indian content on TV, radio

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ISLAMABAD: After rece­iving approval from the government, the Pakistan Elec­tronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed a complete ban on airing Indian content on local television and FM radio channels. According to the decision made at the 120th meeting of the Pemra board on Wednesday, the ban will become effective at 3pm on Friday and […]