ISLAMABAD (April 27 2007): The National Assembly on Thursday admitted seven adjournment motions to debate on the show-cause notice to Aaj Television by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), that was termed as a move to stifle media freedom. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi opposed the motions saying that he was not prepared […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 26: Three armed men kidnapped a teenaged girl from her home in the Murtaza Shah Ji Haveli village near Kandiaro and raped her at gunpoint in the wee hours of Thursday. The girl’s father Mohammad Hassan Siyal along with his 13-year-old daughter told police that Ayaz Jatoi, Naheed Jatoi and Rehmatullah Jatoi […]
New York, April 27- The Human Rights Watch on Friday urged President Pervez Musharraf “to demonstrate a commitment to genuine media freedom by bringing to an end the use of coercion, intimidation, kidnapping and torture or the threat of it in government dealings with the print and electronic media.’ “We call upon you to bring […]
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) directed cable television operators in the capital city of Islamabad to stop transmission of Royal TV. The channel’s transmission has been suspended in Islamabad and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi since the morning of 24 April 2007. According to a Royal TV press release, PEMRA’s action […]
ISLAMABAD:Journalists and Opposition staged a token walk out from NA proceedings following closure of transmission of Royal TV since three days without any prior notice. In the walk out, MMA’s Liaqat Baloch, PPPP’s Raja Pervez Ashraf, PML (N) Tehmina Daultana strongly condemned over closure of Royal TV. They were of the view that politics and […]
ISLAMABAD, April 26: A 30-day deadline given by the Lal Masjid administration to the owners of CD shops for winding up their business ends on Friday (today) and it is feared that the militants may resort to any action. “We are feeling insecure and require the government’s protection,” a shopkeeper in Abpara Market told Dawn. […]
ISLAMABAD, April 26: A group of pioneering women journalists has produced a series of radio programmes profiling the lives and times of Pakistani women of substance. The 15-minute radio programme – Shakhsi Khakey – depicts the famous and not so famous women from different walks of life. The programme is produced by Meri Awaz Suno, […]
KARACHI (April 27 2007): The government strongly believes in a free, vibrant and socially responsible media, Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting, Syed Anwar Mahmood said here on Thursday. Talking to APP, the senior government official said Pakistan had emerged to be the only country where “Cross Media Ownership” law had been promulgated. “This reflects […]
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