ISLAMABAD: The media watchdog Pemra has summoned the ARY TV administration in contempt of court case on June 3.Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the judiciary were made target of contempt in an AYR programme. According to the complainant, Chaudhry Akram Advocate, the Pemra has summoned him and the ARY TV administration […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), acting on a petition filed by the federal government for lifting of stay orders the court issued three days ago, issued notices on Thursday to three private members of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). On Monday (May 26), the IHC had […]
My association with the Jang Group is more or less thirty years old. Starting the journey from the scratch as apprentice sub editor, with steady and patient struggle, I climbed one rung after the other and now the responsibility of Senior Editor Editorial Jang lies on my shoulders. To monitor the editorial policy besides watching […]
KARACHI: Environmentalists, wildlife experts and other stakeholders at a public hearing of a coal power project to be built at Port Qasim declared its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report ‘highly flawed’ stating that it seemed to have been prepared in haste. The public hearing was organised by the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) at a […]
ZHOB/TALAGANG/NAROWAL/DI Khan: Cases have been registered at Zhob, Talagang and Narowal against Geo management, host of a morning show and others on charges of insulting Ahle Bait. At Talagang City Police Station, a case was registered on the orders of Additional Sessions Judge on a petition filed by president of the local Bar Association Mohammad […]
MIRPUR: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Muhammad Afzal Butt has said that they would not hesitate to render any sacrifice for the rights of the journalist community.He said that the rights of the journalists of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir would be protected fully as they were not tools in the hands of the […]
LAHORE: The Joint Action Committee for Peoples Rights has called for the arrest of the killers of lawyer and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s Multan coordinator Rashid Rehman and demanded state protection for lawyers and journalists working on controversial cases in a protestmeeting held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Thursday. In honour of Rehman, who was killed […]
ISLAMABAD: A rally will be held from National Press Club, Islamabad to Geo office for showing solidarity with Hamid Mir today (Friday) at 3:00pm. The rally will be organised under Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ).Prior to the rally, Hamid Mir will make telephonic address in a function to be organised by RIUJ at the National […]
LAHORE: Human rights activist and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir has said she supports freedom of expression and the independence of the media, and punishing any TV channel is not an act of any pillar of the state but of dictators. Addressing a lawyers gathering at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal here on […]
ISLAMABAD: After the complete and shocking failure of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to get the transmission of Geo News restored despite the clear and strict judgment of the Supreme Court and inaction of the authority against the cable operators, Geo has written a letter directly to all the cable operators, pressing them […]
KARACHI: The two-member committee headed by Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Maqbool Baqar on Thursday issued notices to the respondents on the application filed against the programme aired by ARY channel about immoral activities on the premises of Mazar-i-Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The committee issued notices to ARY director, Director Programme, secretary Ministry of […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued notices to the federal and provincial governments and Inspector General of Punjab police on a petition of cable operators, seeking action against alleged harassment being caused to them to restore transmission of Geo TV. Justice Shahid Hameed Dar issued the order on a petition of Khalid […]
ISAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Information, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, on Thursday said shutting down a TV channel was no solution if it had made a mistake. “We want to see the media getting stronger,” the minister said while speaking at a seminar held under the aegis of Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) here.The minister […]
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan Thursday directed all law enforcement agencies to block the use of illegal SIMs, including the international SIMs mainly issued from Afghanistan. Chairing a meeting to review law and order situation, the minister directed the security agencies to ensure effective border management systems to control the militancy in the country. […]
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