On May 6, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued notices to nine foreign channels for illegal up-linking of live news coverage and asking them to explain their position on airing news from Abbottabad, without lawful authority. Abbottabad, a city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been a focal point for global and local broadcasters […]
* Ceremony dedicated to departed legendry actor Moeen Akhter * Large number of celebrities, politicians and art lovers attended the event By Asad Farooq KARACHI: The second Pakistan Media Awards were bestowed late Saturday night amid a graceful ceremony held at a local hotel. The ceremony was dedicated to the departed legendry actor Moeen Akhter. […]
KARACHI: Office-holders of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi on Sunday signed the public licence to Geo Super for telecasting its transmission from Pakistan. Those who signed the public licence included PMA Karachi president Prof Idrees Edhi, Dr Samrina Hashmi, Dr Mirza Ali Azhar, Dr Aziz Khan, Dr Qazi Muhammad Wasiq, Dr Shafiqur Rehman, Dr […]
BBC, other foreign news channels yet to get show-cause notices. ISLAMABAD: The Cable News Network (CNN) is learnt to have become the first foreign channel to approach Pakistan’s media watchdog, asking its permission on Sunday for satellite uplink facility. On May 7, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) suspended uplink facility of nine foreign satellite […]
KARACHI: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Pakistani government to immediately rescind its decision disallowing foreign broadcasters to do live transmissions from Abbottabad. “It is reckless for Pakistan to interfere with the flow of information from the site of what is one of the world`s most important news stories. Falling back on […]
By Tariq Fatemi The writer was Pakistan’s ambassador to the EU from 2002-2004 and to the US in 1999 [email protected] The Americans have every reason to celebrate the elimination of Osama bin Laden! After all, he was the inspirational leader of al Qaeda, which was credited with having masterminded the worst-ever terrorist attack on the […]
By Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People`s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement have decided to keep the local government (LG) system of Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf in force in Sindh, sources told Dawn on Sunday. They said that the commissionerate system would not be introduced in Sindh because the two parties had reached a […]
Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Senior Diaspora Baloch leaders have protested that a well-planned propaganda campaign was being run by the Pakistan government to malign their secular causes before the international community. After a recent news report alleged that the recent successive attacks on Pakistan Navy buses in Karachi have come as a result of a […]
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