LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid has said the law was taken into their hands on the Geo TV issue and that cable operators have no authority to decide which channel can go on air and which cannot. Also, he added, the army and the government stand united over the issue […]
KARACHI: With the launch of 3G technology in the country, not only smartphone handset companies are targeting customers in Pakistan but leading brand of electronics manufacturers have found it right time to introduce latest smart devices such as television (TV) set to cash on fever of technology enthusiastic customers. The TV set is one of […]
PARIS: International organisation Reporters Without Borders has expressed grave concern over the illegal closure of Geo TV in different cities of Pakistan, warning that if the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) did not stop unilateral action against Jang and Geo, they would raise the issue at the United Nations (UN) and the European Union […]
LAHORE/DI KHAN: An additional district & sessions court on Saturday directed the SHO Islampura to record the version of petitioners on three appeals for a case against Geo management for airing objectionable content in its morning show ‘Utho Jago Pakistan’. The petitioners sought FIR against GEO’s chief executive Mir Shakilur Rehman, the show’s host Shaista […]
ISLAMABAD: The apex court has received a petition, seeking its direction to constitute the National Commission for Human Rights as envisaged by Section 3 of the National Commission for Human Rights Act, 2012. A human rights activist, Julius Salik, moved the constitutional petition through his counsel, Raheel Kamran Sheikh, under Article 184 (3) of the […]
KASUR: The lawyers’ community on Saturday condemned the ARY TV channel and its anchor Mubashir Lucman for degrading the judiciary by ridiculing ex-chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Lawyers, including Sharif Sodhal, Naveed A Malik, Naseem Hyat Ansari, MM Tariq, Sahibzada Nasir Mahmood, Mehr Muhummad Nadeem, Munir Ahmad Bhatti, Muhammad Sohail Azam, held an emergency meeting […]
LAHORE: The Protest against the ban/suspension of Geo TV is gaining strength with every passing day as more people from all walks of life, including members of civil society, lawyers, the journalist community, labourers and workers of the Geo/Jang Group, thronged outside the Jang, Geo offices to hold a protest demonstration here on Saturday. The […]
PESHAWAR: Senior journalist and Geo TV anchorperson Hamid Mir will speak by phone to members of the civil society, traders and journalists at the Peshawar Press Club on Monday. Hamid Mir, who was shot and injured by unidentified gunmen in Karachi and is now convalescing at his home in Islamabad, will address the Peshawar Press […]
KARACHI: Federal Ports and Shipping Minister Kamran Michael inaugurated, on Saturday, mangroves plantation campaign and vowed to protect the marine environment. Speaking at Karachi Port Trust’s (KPT) mangroves plantation ceremony held at a local hotel, he said that continuing destroying of mangroves has disturbed the marine environment. He said that during the campaign 100, 000 […]
QUETTA: Sympathy for the Geo/Jang Group has increased in Balochistan in the wake of the campaign launched against it throughout the country. Despite all efforts of powerful elements, journalists here are united and demonstrations are also being held for the freedom of the press. The BNP of former Chief Minister Balochistan Akhtar Mengal held demonstrations […]
LAHORE: A car being driven by a senior journalist was hit from the rear by a double-cabin police vehicle on Zahoor Elahi Road on Saturday. The car was damaged but the journalist remained safe. The accident occurred when the double-cabin (LED 4532) carrying armed policemen escorting a private car tried to overtake the journalist’s car […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a minorities convention appealed to the federal government to establish a ministry for minority, induct Hindu people into law enforcement agencies, protect their temples and graveyards, make a law on forced conversions, pass the marriage bill and take other measures. They said that if there was federal minority ministry, it would protect […]
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