ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued a directive to ‘Neo TV’ for analysing and commenting on a reference pending before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The authority contended this was a violation of the Supreme Judicial Council’s orders dated November 21, 2015. These orders, it emphasised, were sent to all television […]
WILL the newly enacted Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Act 2016 be a harbinger of transparency in Sindh? The answer to this question lies in understanding the roles played by the provincial bureaucracy, the Sindh government and civil society groups in the enactment of this law. As in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Sindh […]
By Maheen Sabeeh he inaugural edition of Cornetto Pop Rock, launched last year with aplomb and a fair bit of fanfare, had a formidable run. The inaugural edition of Cornetto Pop Rock, launched last year with aplomb and a fair bit of fanfare, had a formidable run. Apart from the star-studded concerts, held in three […]
KARACHI: Female MPAs were given awards to appreciate their performance in the Sindh Assembly in a ceremony on Tuesday. The ceremony was organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation in collaboration with Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability- Free And Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN). From a total of 30 female MPAs out of the 168 members, nine […]
Anchor termed respectable people infidel, traitor and perpetrator of acts of blasphemy; these baseless charges were repeated several times ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to the chief executive officer, the producer and the anchor with the direction to submit their replies by April 18 in a contempt petition filed by the Independent Media […]
KARACHI: The Annual General Council of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will meet on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 10:30 am at APNS House, Karachi,” stated a press release of the APNS. Umer Mujib Shami, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society, has announced that the Annual General Council(AGC) will discuss the conditions prevailing in the […]
Fearing that there could be a severe heatwave in Karachi and other parts of the province this summer similar to the one in June 2015 which had killed over 3,000 people in the city, health authorities have put all public hospitals in Sindh on high alert after the weather turned unexpectedly hot in Karachi and […]
One expects a steady flow of books, articles and symposia on Sir Syed Ahmed Khan during the year 2017, as it marks the 200th birth anniversary of the great visionary. New editions of Sir Syed’s works too are much in demand. But so far, very little activity has been seen and only a few publications […]
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Climate Change sets an ambitious plan of seeking some $40 billion from international community and donors working for adaptation and mitigation of the climate change to reduce carbon emissions in the country by 20 percent. An official of the ministry told Business Recorder here on Monday that the government had been effectively […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Monday while hearing petitions against blasphemous contents on social media said that blocking of social media in view of blasphemous content was not a solution. Appearing before the bench, the government contended that over 85 percent of blasphemous content had been removed […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) has directed Bol TV and its anchor Aamir Liaquat, the host of “Aisa Nahi Chale Ga” programme, to tender an unconditional apology to viewers for airing hate speech against individuals (complainants) on or before March 31. “The Authority in exercise of its powers conferred inter alia […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage has said that media has played a very positive role in strengthening democracy in the country and she was sanguine that it would continue to traverse the same course to highlight the positive image of progressive and prosperous Pakistan. She was talking to the representatives […]
LAHORE: Instead of providing security at the Punjab University, the administration has restricted media coverage to stop outsiders from learning of any untoward incidents or developments on campus. In a meeting between deans at the Punjab University on March 24, Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir instructed that journalists be barred from entering the university. […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Monday announced its decision with regard to Dr Amir Liaquat’s programme on Bol TV asking for airing apology by both the channel and the anchor before March 31, 2017. The decision was announced by the Pemra’s 127th meeting on the opinions and recommendations submitted by the joint […]
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