• June 28, 2014
• Media Ethics

Senate Standing Committee on Information Broadcasting and National Heritage has grilled the Secretary Information for not submitting monthly reports regarding electronic media to the Committee and for not giving satisfactory answers to the members. The Committee also asked the Ministry of Information to appoint a permanent chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and […]

• June 28, 2014
• General News

LAHORE: A representative delegation of All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation, led by Tikka Khan, met APNS Secretary General Syed Sarmad Ali, here on Friday. The two sides discussed problems facing the newspaper hawkers across Pakistan. It was decided that a meeting would be held on July 2 in Karachi with APNS President Hameed Haroon in […]

• June 28, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday announced that if the ‘no-go areas’ artificially formed to block the transmission of Geo and ARY News and circulation of leading newspapers Jang and The News are not eliminated within 24 hours, then it would set up protest camps in front of press clubs across […]

• June 28, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notice to ARY News on an appeal filed by the federal government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against the interim stay on Pemra decision regarding the suspension of the private news television channel. An SHC single bench on June 24 suspended the Pemra […]

• June 28, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

LAHORE: The Akhbar Farosh Union, Lahore, has announced to end the boycott of Jang Group newspapers in Lahore, according to a press release issued by the union. The announcement came asa result of a meeting between the Jang Group’s Sarmad Ali and the president of the Akhbar Farosh Union, Lahore, Ch Nazir. The meeting was […]