The military has in the past been unassailable and now faces increasingly vocal challenges especially from the Jang group. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) suspended the license issued to Geo News for a period of 15 days for defaming the ISI and the channel was also fined Rs10 million. As time progresses more […]
GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Afzal Butt has warned that the newspaper industry workers would not tolerate any move against the freedom of press and urged that all extrajudicial and illegal tactics against the press should end forthwith. He said the PFUJ had decided to uphold the freedom of press and would […]
So the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has started banning pages that do not fit the moral worldview of some of its more conservative office bearers. None of these pages are blasphemous by any stretch of the imagination but they do not fit the agenda that is being imposed by people sponsored by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) who […]
LAHORE: Demonstrations against the suspension of the Geo News by the Pervez Rathore-led Pemra continued in which a large number of people from different segments of the society including civil society, religious and political parties and representatives of labour unions and journalists participated. The protesters said the government backed-Pemra had punished the Geo News unheard […]
Karachi: The Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group at the UN climate change negotiations says that the latest science tells us that we can limit global temperature increases to a level that will save the poorest countries in the world. “All that is required is the will to do it but if we don’t […]
World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 across the globe. Primarily the objective is to create awareness in the masses over the key environmental issues that the entire world is facing currently. The UN General Assembly declared 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). World Environment Day 2014 is […]
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on National Affairs Irfan Siddiqui on Sunday said media should have independence but it should also act with responsibility and avoid a situation which is seen now a days.Talking to Pakistan Television, he said institution of PEMRA also needed reconstitution and a lot of things are needed to be taken […]
LAHORE: The future of book reading and consequently of publishers still lies in the good old public libraries, especially those in small towns away from big urban centres. And the role of state can’t be ignored in this regard that controls these establishments but without showing any real concern for the readers. This transpired in […]
ISLAMABAD: A prominent human rights and social activist Tahira Abdullah has strongly and unequivocally condemned Pemra’s 15-day suspension of Geo TV.Closing down private independent media by Pemra is not the answer to anything, she said. “Today it is Geo suspended, tomorrow it can be any other channel. Do not celebrate the death of your enemy, […]
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