ISLAMABAD: A legislator Tuesday charged in the Senate that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) was unable to perform its functions as a media regulator. Senate Chairman, Mian Raza Rabbani, believed that Pemra possessed powers but it was selective and incompetent with regards to exercising the same.Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Taj Haider said […]
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid Saturday said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the Information Ministry to ask Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to take action against airing of derogatory speeches. Talking to the newsmen on his arrival at Karachi International Airport, he urged the […]
ISLAMABAD: “There is a serious need to bring changes in law to protect the rights of journalists as many media houses do not even pay salaries to staff on time,” said veteran journalist M. Ziauddin on Tuesday. He was addressing a seminar organised by the Potohar Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA) to mark World Press […]
At first, it is easy to miss. With the glamour of covering the immediate, and the glory of living in the instant, it is hard to notice. But pay close attention to the news and the talk shows and you will realise that there is a hole that ought not to be there. In the […]
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalists should give their input to juniors on media ethics. This was stated by veteran journalist Mohammed Ziauddin while addressing a workshop on: “Let Journalism Thrive! Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality and Media Safety in the Digital Age”. He said manipulation of digital age was very dangerous so government should make the Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD – PPP on Monday finally broke the silence against Zulfiqar Mirza’s back-to-back verbal attacks on Asif Ali Zardari, asking PEMRA to stop live telecast of allegedly one-sided defamatory programmes being aired in violation of the regulatory body’s rules and regulations. “The one-sided and malicious outbursts employing cheap and vulgar language made continually and without […]
Though consensus on the National Action Plan captured time and space in media but its implementation did not attract the media enthusiasm. Pakistani media primarily covered 20 points of the NAP in news sections; however on opinion pages and talk shows, the NAP did not get the due space and time. Hence media primarily remained […]
Islamabad – Federal Minister for Defence Production, Science and Technology, Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that information technology is playing a vital role in today’s world and if a nation wishes to progress at a fast pace, it has to opt for latest technologies. The government is committed to exploiting the potential of various technologies, […]
ISLAMABAD: An analysis, conducted by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Democracy and Transparency (Pildat), of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, has raised concern about various clauses of the proposed legislation. The analysis’ proposed legislation is currently pending before Parliament.The major concerns raised on various clauses of the legislation, especially relating to its possible […]
RECORDER REPORT KARACHI: Local and foreign journalists while speaking during the three-day International Media Conference, jointly organised by IFJ, PFUJ and KUJ, called for fair reporting to bring peace and justice at the international level. The conference, which started on Friday at a local hotel, concluded on Sunday. Journalists from 15 countries representing International Federation […]
KARACHI: Improvisational theatre was the offering at the second day of the Napa-I am Karachi Theatre and Music Series. Presented by the theatrical group Zahrss, the play called Madya not Medya, depicted, through satire, what is shown in the media, and the manner in which it controls the trajectory of our thoughts, views and opinions. […]
IT has become something of a ritual to complain about dying reading habits. Urdu publishers say that now books don’t sell and people do not read anymore. However, talk to someone interested in reading and you will have to bear with the laments about all the substandard material being published these days. Hardly any new […]
WASHINGTON: Reporters Without Borders, which campaigns for media freedom around the world, issued a freedom index on Sunday to mark the World Press Freedom Day. According to this index, Finland tops the list of the countries with a free media, followed by two other Scandinavian countries – Norway and Denmark. Eritrea is at the bottom […]
ISLAMABAD: The journalists on the World Press Freedom Day on Sunday marched on the roads and vowed if the government tried to mute the voice of the media through Cyber Crime Bill, they would strongly resist this move and stage large scale demonstrations in favour of freedom of speech and expression in the country. The […]
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