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Daily Archives: June 4, 2017

PEMRA asks Geo tv to stop airing ICC Trophy footages

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV Sports) lodged a complaint with the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Saturday against Geo Super and Geo News for illegally using footages from PTV Sports, thereby infringing legitimate rights of PTVC – as PTV Sports has obtained rights for the ICC Champions Trophy. In response, PEMRA issued a […]


PTA prepares draft law on mobile devices

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has drafted the Mobile Devices Identification, Registration and Blocking Regulations, 2017 to ensure that stolen phones, blocked phones, and phones with no duplicate or non-standard identifiers are blocked from use in Pakistan. It will further ensure that mobile licensees actively identify such phones on their networks and maintain and update industry-wide […]


My last conversation with Aamir Zaki

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KARACHI: It’s a small bunglow in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. A new music venture is about to be launched and all the key players are waiting for the proceedings to begin. But they can’t – not until the man of the hour shows up. No one wants to say that Aamir Zaki is in dire straits and that his […]


Journalists condemn bid to kidnap reporter

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RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and a number of senior journalists held a rally at the Rawalpindi Press Club on Saturday to protest an attempt by some unknown persons to kidnap Geo News reporter Azaz Syed. They urged the interior ministry to arrest the culprits and provide security to journalists. Senior politician […]