Filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood on Thursday shared a legal notice on Twitter addressed to Hameed Haroon, calling for the retraction of an earlier defamation notice Haroon had sent the filmmaker through his lawyer. Last year in October, Jami came forward with the accusation that he was raped by a “media tycoon” 13 years ago and on […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government through Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to recover dues from its ex-chairman Absar Alam. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in its letter dated January 16, 2020 directed the Pemra chairman to recover the dues from former chairman of the regulatory body. “The […]
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Friday launched its annual report that covers the activities and initiatives undertaken by the commission in 2018-19. The SHRC is a statutory body established under the Sindh Protection of Human Rights Act 2011 with statutory powers to inquire into cases by taking suo moto notice of complaints, to inspect public […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday praised the Indian Muslim female journalist Rana Ayyub for exposing the fascist agenda of Modi by executing her professional responsibilities with bravery. In tweets, Dr Firdous said when a valiant person raised voice against oppression and persecution, it becomes a […]
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan while taking at the oath taking ceremony of Crime & Court Reporters Association Rawalpindi (CCRAR) here in Rawalpindi Press Club, said that the advertisement to media houses would be stopped if they fails to pay salaries to employees for consecutive three month, adding that in this regard he would […]
Be it electronic media, print media, digital media or any other medium for circulating information and making up opinions, it has effectual influence on individuals and society as a whole. Like everything, the forms of media too have pros and cons. However, media and its different forms not only highlight the developments being taken place […]
LAHORE: A sessions court issued notice to cyber crime wing of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on a petition by TikTok fame girl Sandal Khattak against alleged harassment and summons issued to her. Through her counsel, Khattak pleaded that she was a law-abiding citizen and got fame on TikTok, an android social media video application. She […]
Pakistan says Facebook will help the country in its fight against polio after authorities blamed anti-vaccine content posted last year on the social network site for a leap in the number of cases. Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio has not been eradicated, but a years-long effort began to show fruit with […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has sought an explanation from federal Water Resources Minister Faisal Vawda for a controversial act during a TV talk show and stopped him from appearing on television for two weeks. Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information, said the prime minister had taken note of […]
JAMRUD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Shaukat Yousafzai on Thursday administered oath to the newly-elected office-holders of Jamrud Press Club. On the occasion, the minister announced a grant of Rs1 million for the press club. The press club president Syed Zahir Shah Afridi and general secretary Arif Afridi presented the traditional tribal turban to the […]
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), an umbrella group of several journalist unions in Pakistan, joined the growing chorus of criticism against Egypt’s raid on Anadolu Agency’s Cairo bureau terming it an attempt to gag the freedom of the press. READ MORE: Iranian Foreign Ministry says Tehran still sticks to JCPOA In a statement on […]
Senior journalist Lubna Jerar Naqvi said the race in releasing news as soon as it breaks has resulted in misinformation. Addressing a discussion on fake news and the legal repercussions for media organisations that generate fake news, organised by the Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) at the Karachi Union of Journalists’ office, Naqvi said: […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed all the ministries/divisions and attached departments to comply with the centralized policy of issuing government advertisements to the print and electronic media only through the Press Information Department (PID). The prime minister has actually barred the ministries/divisions from issuing advertisements directly to the media and his Principal Secretary […]
ISLAMABAD – Leaders of the opposition parties on Wednesday slammed Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda for his outlandish stunt on a TV show last night, during which he used a boot to to heap scorn on the PPP and PML-N for voting in favour of the recently passed Army Act in parliament. The PTI […]
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