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Pemra asks TV channels not to portray Sindhis as ‘extremists’

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra ) has advised all Sindhi-language TV channels not to portray Sindhis as “extremists and miscreants”. The regulator has also advised these channels to respect the code of conduct agreed upon in 2015 and refrain from promoting themes and subjects that glorify violence in Sindhi plays, according to […]


Amendments to K-P’s RTI law still in the works

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PESHAWAR: The changes proposed in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013 – aimed at removing its shortcomings – have been bouncing back and forth between the law department and the commission concerned for the past two years. In February last year, the changes proposed in the act were sent to the provincial law […]


SC assails media, intelligence failures over sit-in

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ISLAMABAD: A visibly disturbed Supreme Court bench on Thursday questioned why no one dared to talk about “the real Islam” in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country that came into being in the name of religion. “Only the real concept of Islam will prevail in the Islamic Republic of Pakis­tan,” observed Justice Qazi Faez […]


Anti-judiciary tweets: notices to Pemra, Maryam

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Maryam Nawaz, daughter of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on a petition seeking contempt proceedings against the latter for uttering ‘outrageous’ remarks against judges of the Supreme Court. Amina Malik of the Civil Society Network had filed […]


SC censures broadcast media

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Supreme Court Thursday observed that instead of promoting the teachings of Islam and observing the existing laws, the national media created chaos and failed to play responsible role in Islamabad sit-in. Resuming the hearing of suo motu over weeks long sit-in at Faizabad Interchange by a religious group, a two-member bench led by Justice Mushir […]