Karachi: September 30: Abid Abdullah, Director Coordination of the Pakistan’s largest media group Jang who as abducted in the early hours of September 28 was set free in the evening of the same day. He was kidnapped at gun point by unidentified men at around 3 am on from Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber […]
SUKKUR: Thousands of megabats, also known as fruit bats, have occupied all the big trees on an island situated in the middle of River Indus near Sukkur Barrage. Earlier, such bats were seen in the katcha area of Piryalo and Pir Jo Goth. How the island was formed is an interesting story. Ten out of 66 […]
KARACHI: Cinema owners in Pakistan have decided not to screen any Indian movies until tensions between the two countries de-escalate. They took the decision on Thursday after the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) banned all Pakistani artists from working in film projects in India. “We will suspend the exhibition of Indian films till normalcy,” said […]
LAHORE: The Council of Complaints of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) dismissed on Thursday the complaints of the minority Ahmadi community against two private TV channels as ‘non-maintainable’. The decision was made after a mob entered the Pemra office in the Cantonment area, asking the authority to quash the complaints and raising slogans […]
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has recommended imposition of a fine on Neo TV over its failure to edit its ‘Tabdeeli’ show. According to a press release, Pemra’s Council of Complaints in its 65th meeting held on Thursday in Lahore recommended imposition of Rs200,000 fine on Neo TV due to defamatory remarks made […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has asked the satellite TV channels and distribution networks to discontinue excessive Indian content and airing of Indian channels through illegal Direct to Home (DTH). Considering the rising number of complaints against excessive Indian content, it is appropriate that all the satellite TV channels and distribution networks follow […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda expressed concern over the assault of a female journalist Madiinah Ssebyala in Uganda. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Uganda to take action against Kassaga for assaulting and intimidating a female journalist who was […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia expressed concern over the murder of Abdiasis Mohamed Ali reporter of Radio Shabelle. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Somalia to order for the swift action against investigating the reason of murder […]
Karachi: September 29: Abid Abdullah, Director Coordination of the Jang Group was kidnapped at gun point by unidentified men at around 3 AM on September 28 from Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa province. Abdullah was kidnapped as he was returning to hotel along with his driver Zafar Hussain after visiting the printing press […]
GILGIT: Chinese and local artistes enthralled the audience with their performances at a festival held at the high altitude Gulmit valley in Hunza on Wednesday. The ‘Roof of the World’ (Bam-i-Dunya) is a cultural event featured by folk music and Central Asian dances. The residents of Gojal, where the event was held, claim their descent […]
ISLAMABAD: Bishops and pastors from across the country have sought two weeks from the Ministry of Human Rights to deliberate over the proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2016, it emerged on Wednesday. The ministry had earlier proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2016 after making amendments to the Christian Marriage Act, 1872 and Christian Divorce […]
Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Moula Bux Chandio has impressed upon the media the need to realise their due responsibility to create awareness among the masses about the benefits of the Rights to Information Bill 2016 tabled in the Sindh Assembly last week. He was addressing as keynote speaker a conference, titled “Provincial Rights […]
KARACHI: Employees of BOL TV heaved a sigh of relief when the Sindh High Court on Wednesday allowed the news channel to launch its transmission. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, put in abeyance the operation of an order issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to suspend the channel’s […]
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation City Council session, held after over six and a half years at the KMC old building council hall on Wednesday, unanimously approved a resolution against Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain for his speech against state institutions on August 22. The resolution was presented by Firdous Shamim Naqvi of the MQM […]
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