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Daily Archives: September 6, 2018

PPF welcomes the release of Radio Director in North Kivu

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Bruno Tshibala, Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo has welcomed the release of Emmanuel Tusenge Sebazungu, director of Radio Umudiho FM, after being held hostage for six days by unidentified armed men. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter welcomed the release and urged […]


PM given briefing about info ministry

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ISLAMABAD  –  PM Imran Khan said that Information Ministry had key role in safeguarding the cultural values, norms and social fabric of the society from cultural invasion. Khan chaired a briefing on Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the PM Office. Minister for Information Fawad Ahmed, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Iftikhar Durrani, SAPM […]


Mobile app, website to promote tourism in KP

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PESHAWAR: On the directives of Senior Minister Muhammad Atif Khan, the sports, tourism, archaeology, culture, museums and youth affairs department is launching a new mobile App and website to introduce Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a tourism brand to the world to attract more tourists and visitors to the province. This was told at a meeting held […]


CPJ to launch report on media freedom in Pakistan

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Karachi: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will launch its report titled, “Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists’ fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines,” at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. on September 12, 2018. CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Steven Butler is the author of the report and the report launching event […]


Tharis call for imposing Section 144 to ban tree felling

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MITHI: Members of civil society as well as activists of non-governmental organisa­tions working for environ­ment and other social issues in Thar have demanded the Sindh government should impose Section 144 to ban felling of trees to stop desertification in the area which is already facing brunt of climate change. Mohammad Siddique Rahi­moon, chief of a […]


Pemra directs TV channels to follow Code of Conduct

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday issued directions to all satellite TV channels, reminding them to review their entertainment and news content in accordance with the provisions of the Electronic Media Code of Conduct 2015. While issuing advice to news and current affairs channels, Pemra asked the channels to avoid dramatization of […]