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Publishing/airing courts’ remarks: Kaira appeals judges to stop media

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SAFDAR RASHEED Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday appealed to judges of higher judiciary to stop media from publishing or airing courts’ remarks during hearing of a case, arguing that this would dispel any misgivings before the final verdict of the court. Addressing a seminar on “Why democracy is obligatory […]


NA body for end to ads on channels showing Indian culture

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting underlined on Thursday the need for taking solid steps to improve role of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to effectively regulate media outlets for achieving national development. The committee was chaired by Belum Hasnain. Its members especially Bushra Rehman was of the view that […]


Effectively regulating electronic media: National Assembly body calls for improving Pemra’s role

Advertisements with foreign content are mostly belong to multi-national companies, thus one has to confront numerous issues before taking any decision to define the word ‘obscenity’, a parliamentary panel was informed on Thursday. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira informed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting that efforts were under […]


Media freedom part of Pakistan People’s Party manifesto: Kaira

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DINGA: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday said that the PPP would seek people’s votes on the basis of its manifesto. Speaking after administering oath to the newly elected office-bearers of Media Council here, Kaira said the PPP-led government had launched several development projects in the country which were the […]