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Daily Archives: July 28, 2020

Pakistan Rangers enter Karachi Press Club without permission

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has expressed serious concern at the entry of the Pakistan Rangers into the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on July 27 without permission of the club. PPF stressed that it is essential that law enforcement agencies respect the integrity and independence of press clubs so that they can continue to function as […]


PEMRA renews VU license

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) awarded license renewal for Virtual University for next 15 years in connection of non-commercial education Category. 159th meeting of PEMRA Authority held on Monday in the chair of Chairman PEMRA Muhammad Saleem Baig at PEMRA headquarters. PEMRA decided unanimously to award license renewal for Virtual University under non-commercial […]


NA body recommends restricting content on YouTube

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ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body has recommended restricting content on video-sharing website YouTube and PUBG – an online game – rather than imposing a complete ban on them. A Supreme Court bench last week hinted at imposing a complete ban on YouTube in view of the use of the online platform to spread hateful content about […]


PUBG temporarily suspended, NA told

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ISLAMABAD: The government has temporarily suspended online game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) and sought details from the platform to bring it in regulatory framework. This was revealed by senior officials of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), while briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication, which met under the chairmanship of Ali […]


Outcry over Rangers ‘raid’ on Karachi Press Club

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KARACHI: The Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday said that Pakistan Rangers personnel barged into its premises, condemning the action and terming it a violation of the sanctity of the KPC. In a statement, the KPC governing body said law and order and security were matters of special importance but on its basis, ‘intrusion’ into […]


Shehryar Afridi visits PTA, briefed on steps to ensure public rights on social media

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Chairman Parliamentary Council on Kashmir, Mr. Shehryar Khan Afridi on Monday visited Pakistan Media transmission Authority (PTA) Home office. Executive PTA, Significant Gen. Amir Azeem Bajwa (R) informed him about the different PTA exercises and activities being embraced with respect to the privileges of general society via web-based networking media. Taking into account fifth August […]