• January 26, 2021
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Monday rejected a bill proposing powers for the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) to look into complaints of violation of contractual obligations by private TV channels. PPP Parliamentary Leader in the House Sherry Rehman, opposing the bill, alleged: “The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is going […]

• January 26, 2021
• Social Media

LAHORE: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard clubbed petitions, challenging the Social Media Rules (Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards), Rules 2020). Petitions have been filed by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), prominent journalist Amber Shamsi, and a TikToker Ashfaq Jutt before the IHC. The hearing […]

• January 25, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD-The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will Monday (today) resume hearing in a petition challenging the new social media rules devised by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah will conduct hearing of the petition filed by Journalists Defense Committee of Pakistan Bar Council on […]

• January 25, 2021
• General News

KASUR: Pattoki police on Sunday lodged a murder case, including Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, against four suspects for allegedly killing a journalist. On Saturday, a journalist working for an Urdu newspaper, Ghulam Rasool, had been sprayed with bullets on Halla Road. He later died in hospital. The suspects nominated in the case included […]

• January 24, 2021
• Broadcasting

The Pakistan Electronic Media Authority Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday suspended the license of Bol News TV channel for 30 days and imposed a Rs1 million fine on it for airing “contemptuous” remarks against judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC). The authority had issued a show-cause notice to M/s Labbaik Pvt. Ltd. (Bol News) […]

• January 24, 2021
• Social Media

Islamabad: A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said Saturday. The accident happened on Friday in the Shah Khalid neighbourhood of Rawalpindi city near the capital Islamabad. Hamza Naveed, 18, was walking next to the […]

• January 24, 2021
• Arts and Culture

LARKANA: Electioneering for annual elections of Arts Council of Pakistan, Larkana for 2021-22 has reached crescendo with contesting groups making use of all means to reach out to and convince in their favor maximum number of members. The polls will be held today (Jan 24) from 9am to 5pm. Two panels, Shah Latif Peoples Cultural […]

• January 23, 2021
• General News

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of robbery incident took place in the house of veteran journalist Ghulam Nabi Mughal last night, he talked to Mughal and enquired about his health and orders Hyderabad police for the early recovery. On behalf of chief minister and commissioner Hyderabad, deputy commissioner Faud Ghaffar […]

• January 23, 2021
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah Friday termed the role of court reporters important in restoring public confidence in the judiciary and hoped they would continue to perform their duties in a professional way. Chief Justice Athar Minallah expressed these views at a reception for newly-elected office-bearers of the Islamabad High Court […]

• January 23, 2021
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked the website www.trueislam.com for viewership in the country. The PTA had approached the administrator of website www.trueislam.com for removing the unlawful online content from the website, in violation of section 295-A, 298-B and 298-C of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and per se abuse of Article 260 (3) and […]

• January 22, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl until January 27 after the counsel for main accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh concluded his arguments. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice […]

• January 22, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has strongly condemned the incident of manhandling of senior and veteran journalist G.N Mughal allegedly by unknown persons in plainclothes who entered his house and violated the privacy of a senior citizen and renowned journalist. In a joint statement, President PFUJ Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi […]

• January 21, 2021
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) along with journalists, anchors and media analysts on Wednesday withdrew their petition before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against a directive issued by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) banning broadcast of speeches, interviews and public addresses by proclaimed offenders and absconders. Salman Akram Raja, counsel for […]

• January 21, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: The Supreme Court is conducting day-to-day hearings on an appeal filed by the Sindh government challenging the decision of the Sindh High Court on the appeals of four men in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder case. Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin submitted this before a two-judge SHC bench during the hearing of […]