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Media In The Spotlight

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By: ZUBEIDA MUSTAFA THE two-member media commission’s recommendation for consultations on the review of all media laws and codes could not have been more timely. The fact is that lately a lot of concern has been expressed vocally by discerning observers about the damage the media is inflicting on our society. Any forum, which is […]


BBC Goes Off Air In Some Localities

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KARACHI: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service transmission remained off air in different parts of the city on Thursday that cable operators said had nothing to do with any ‘policy decision’ before the international network aired a programme on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). A number of people from different areas called the Dawn […]


SHC issues notices to Pemra, channel for excessive foreign content

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Karachi: Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to secretary ministry of information, Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) and a private TV channel on petition against airing of more than 10% foreign content in its transmission. Independent Media Corporation submitted in the petition that M/s Horizon private TV channel was telecasting 80% to 90% […]


Accused testify in journalist murder case

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KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court recorded on Tuesday statements of the accused in a case pertaining to the murder of a journalist. Faisal Mahmood alias Nafsiati, Syed Mohammad Ali Rizvi, Shahrukh alias Mani, Naveed alias Polka and Shakil alias Malik have been charged with killing Wali Khan Babar, a reporter of a private TV channel, on […]


Charsadda journalists protest against police

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PESHAWAR: The journalists from Charsadda district on Tuesday staged protest against the excesses of the police and asked the chief justice of the Peshawar High Court to take note of the matter. Led by president Gandhara Union of Journalists (GUJ) Sabz Ali Tareen, president Shaheen Union of Journalist (SUJ) Nusrat Hussain Toofan and president Charsadda […]


‘Culpable negligence, incompetence at all levels of govt’: report

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By: BAQIR SAJJAD SYED ISLAMABAD: The Abbottabad (Osama bin Laden) Commission has concluded that the global terror kingpin’s nine-year-long stay in Pakistan and the May 2011 secret US raid, in which he was killed, were because of “gross incompetence” of the state institutions, but was particularly critical of ISI for being too casual in first […]


SC Media Commission recommends freeze on new TV licenses

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By: Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: The Media Commission constituted by the Supreme Court has recommended to parliament to establish a Media Laws Review Task Force, restructure and rename the Ministry of Information and free Pemra, PTV, APP and PBC of government control. The two-member commission, comprising Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid and Javed Jabbar, has submitted […]


KP govt to hold judicial inquiry into torture of journalists

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government Sunday offered unconditional apology to journalists and announced judicial inquiry into the thrashing of media men by doctors at the Khyber Teaching Hospital. A government delegation led by provincial Minister for Public Health Shah Farman visited the Peshawar Press Club to express concern over the doctors’ high-handedness against journalists and […]


Journalists protest torture on colleagues

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PESHAWAR: Journalist here on Saturday blocked the Sher Shah Suri Road to protest the torture on their colleagues, criticised the doctors and paramedics of the Khyber Teaching Hospital for taking several journalists hostage and demanded judicial inquiry into the incident. The protesting journalists led by Peshawar Press Club President Nasir Hussain and General Secretary Yousaf […]


Doctors thrash journalists for exposing their ‘negligence’

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PESHAWAR: The doctors at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) here on Friday allegedly thrashed local journalists and locked them in a room for exposing their negligence in treatment of an injured policeman. The journalists said that they went to the hospital to cover a news story about attack on a police constable. “We saw the injured […]


PTI worker, cameraman injured in brawl

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HYDERABAD: An activist of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and a cameraman of a private TV channel were injured in a brawl between two groups here on Friday. A group of PTI activists were protesting over a damaged road to the airport at Latifabad Unit 12 when the brawl took place between the protesters and some unidentified […]


Journalists condemn ‘kidnapping’ of newsman

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By: GOHAR ALI KHAN HYDERABAD: Office-bearers of the Hyderabad Press Club (HPC) demanded of the government to help recover senior journalist Farhan Affendi, who was picked up from his home by some armed men after breaking the door of his house late on Thursday night. Mr Affendi is Bureau Chief of ARY television channel and […]


YouTube ban: Ministry of IT says it doesn’t know how to block specific URLs

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LAHORE: While turning down a request to temporarily reopen YouTube on Thursday, the Lahore High Court ordered the Ministry of Information Technology to tell the court, on July 25, how it could block access to specific URLs. The video-sharing website has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 following protests about a 14-minute trailer of […]


Media’s role in future Pak-Saudi relations

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By: Ashraf Mumtaz Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have the best possible relations. About half a million Pakistanis visit the kingdom every year to perform Haj or Umra. And a large number of Pakistanis are working there and sending remittances back home. The closeness of ties between the two countries can be gauged from the fact […]