ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission has endorsed a budget of Rs815 million for development of the portfolio of Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) from Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) fund and also approved the Indicative Budget Ceiling (IBC) by a tentative amount of Rs815 million, according to a report by a private media outlet. Earlier, the […]
SUKKUR: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah said on Thursday that it is not the opportune time todisclose the name of caretaker prime minister. He said consultations and discussions are going on over different candidates, adding the final decision would be taken in the last month. Khursheed Shah […]
SIALKOT: The police Thursday arrested secretary M Jamil of Union Council (UC) Begowala in connection with the murder of local journalist Zeeshan Butt. Police have also sealed the UC office. It is to be noted here that on March 27, 2018, journalist Zeeshan Butt was shot dead when he was interviewing UC Chairman Imran Aslam […]
ISLAMABAD – Clamping complete ban on self-projection advertisements by politicians, the three-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar Wednesday directed federal and provincial governments to clear the pending dues of media houses on account of advertisements within one month’s time. In another case relating to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) autonomous status in […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb has strongly condemned the heinous murder of Zeeshan Butt, a journalist, and vowed to ensure that his murderers would meet their due fate. The Minister, in a statement issued here on Wednesday, said that the culprits did not deserve any […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the management of Geo TV to pay all pending salaries to its employees by April 30. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, was hearing a suo motu case regarding the nonpayment of staff salaries by media house owners. The bench asked the media house to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday observed that except Allah, no one on earth can block or off-air transmission of Geo channels unlawfully and directed the management of Independent Media Corporation (Geo News) to file a fresh application on the matter. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib […]
The failure to protect our natural habitat is a problem which will haunt us in the coming years as Pakistan faces climate change and other threats. The Margalla Hills National Park, spread out over an area of 17,386 hectares, which includes Rawal Lake and Shakarparrian Park, is facing growing dangers from overpopulation, environmental degradation and […]
LAHORE:-Google on Tuesday dedicated its doodle to mark the 53rd birth anniversary of Pakistan’s pop queen singer Nadia Hassan. In the past Google had likewise paid tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Noor Jehan and numerous others. Nadia Hassan was born on 3rd April, 1965. She came into the spotlight through Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: Having failed to get its order for restoration of Geo Network’s all channels in 24 hours implemented, the government’s official regulator for the electronic media has asked the provincial governments to direct their police to help it enforce its directive in different parts of the country. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) had […]
KARACHI: Managing Editor of Roznama Express Aijazul Haque has resigned from the newly elected Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) just after being elected to the position, protesting over the fake electoral lists that were formed on non-equality. He said that a group of two newspaper houses have been occupying APNS for […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar on Wednesday took notice of the murder of Zeeshan Butt, a journalist associated with a Lahore-based newspaper and directed the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Arif Nawaz Khan to present a report in the Supreme Court within 24 hours. Butt had visited Sialkot Union Council (UC) Chairman Imran […]
The transmission of Geo TV channel continues to be disrupted in many areas of Pakistan. Television programmes in Pakistan are distributed by cable operators, and there are allegations that they are pressured by political groups and law enforcement agencies to disrupt and suspend transmission of programs as a means to punish channels. Disrupting the broadcasts […]
LAHORE – All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) has unanimously elected Bilal Mehmood, General Manager Marketing Nawa-i-Waqt media group as Joint Secretary of the society for a year 2017-2018. Bilal Mehmood has a degree in Business studies and serving the group since 2004. He is a marketing genius and has individually dealt with every product of […]
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