LAHORE: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed Rs500,000 fine on a private TV channel over passing of derogatory remarks by a writer and actor against woman and rights activist Marvi Sirmed while participating in a programme. A complaint was filed against the channel for allowing the writer to pass derogatory remarks about […]
LAHORE: An accountability court Thursday extended judicial remand of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman till Sept 3. The authorities concerned produced Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman before Accountability Court Judge Assad Ali. Advocate Muhammad Nawaz represented Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in Thursday’s hearing. The Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief is in custody for more than 160 days in a case which was of documentary […]
ISLAMABAD: ‘To be Honest’, has become Pakistan’s first digital show to be telecast on any television channel. This announcement was made earlier today by the show’s director and creator Azfar Ali. He said ‘‘To be Honest’ has made history by becoming Pakistan entertainment industry’s ‘Digital First’ show. Initially streamed on Nashpati Prime,it is now being broadcast on […]
Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Aminul Haque on Thursday expressed “serious concern” over Facebook’s alleged policies favouring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after Wall Street Journal published a report, stating that the social media giant turned blind eye to anti-Muslim posts. Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, […]
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri Wednesday congratulated the newly elected office bearers of the National Press Club (NPC). In their separate messages to the newly elected President of NPC Shakeel Anjum, Senior Vice President Arshad Waheed Chaudhry, Secretary General Anwar Raza, Senior Joint Secretary Ahtesham Ul Haq, Secretary […]
Amir Jahangir joins RINSTRA Technologies as Chief Executive Officer. Jahangir is a veteran media professional, who brings with him more than 20 years of industry experience. Jahangir has been the CEO of multiple media and telecom companies. Earlier he has worked as CEO for SAMAA TV as well. He was also the board member and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has extended congratulations to the Journalist Panel led by Shakeel Anjum for the winning the National Press Club Elections after receiving votes from an unprecedented majority. While expressing satisfaction, PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi said that the newly elected body will strive for […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government after coming to power in 2018 has taken several revolutionary steps to reform and improve the performance of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting so that it can meet the challenges of modern day media . The Two-year Performance Report of the government issued on Tuesday said before August 2018, […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party and Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tuesday said the issue of harassment of women journalists would be discussed with the other political parties and the recorded statements would be pursued till their logical end. “On this issue of online harassment of women journalists, anchors […]
To cope with job insecurities in the media industry, a new platform ‘RINSTRA’ has been launched in Pakistan to create media entrepreneurship and encourage creativity and inspire imagination and sense of ownership towards the ideas and values that define Pakistan. Chairman and Co-founder, Rinstra Technologies Dr. Adil Akhtar said, “this initiative was conceived and incubated […]
Human rights activist Sarang Joyo returned to his home in Karachi late on Sunday night, his father said, almost a week after he reportedly went missing. His father, the well-known Sindhi writer Taj Joyo, said “unknown people had dropped” his son off at Sohrab Goth around 1am, adding that Sarang had then come home in […]
KARACHI:The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed a petition challenging the extended detention of the men accused of kidnapping and murdering Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, terming it inadmissible. A division bench, comprising Justice Nazar Akbar and Justice Abdul Mobeen Lakho, on Monday heard the petition regarding the extended detention of the accused. Ahmed […]
ISLAMABAD: The launch of a teleport company in the country is likely to provide cost-effective relay solutions to electronic media and upgraded telecast quality to viewers. Almost two years after the introduction of the Teleport Licence policy by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the first teleport licence has been issued to a Karachi-based […]
ISLAMABAD: A constitutional writ petition has been filed before the Islamabad High (IHC) challenging the Citizen Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020. Chief Justice Athar Minallah is scheduled to hear the petition on Monday (tomorrow). The petition has been moved by Advocate Usama Khawar on behalf of Asad Baig, an Islamabad-based journalist and the founder […]
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