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Monthly Archives: August 2021

Journalist passes away

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HARIPUR: Senior journalist Mohammad Shahbaz passed away due to cardiac arrest in Ghazi tehsil, family sources said on Wednesday. The deceased, 68, left behind a minor son and a widow to mourn his death. He was laid to rest in Khalo village graveyard. Activists of political parties, including PML-N Senator Pir Sabir Shah, government officials, […]


Pakistan Media Development Authority: Journalist bodies unanimously reject proposed body

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KARACHI: The joint committee of media organizations comprising the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) have unanimously rejected the government efforts to establish the Pakistan Development Media Authority (PMDA). “The […]


Farrukh describes the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) criticism on PMDA as ‘unfounded’

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ISLAMABAD- Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday described the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) criticism on the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) as ‘unfounded’. “Consultative process on the PMDA’s framework is underway. The PML-N’s criticism on it is beyond comprehension,” he said in a news release while reacting to PML-N Spokesperson […]


Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) vow to resist move to regulate media

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ISLAMABAD: As the government showed its determination to set up the controversial Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) to regulate the country’s media, the opposition parties on Tuesday vowed to resist the move, terming it an attempt to further gag the media and the voices of dissent. Calling it a ‘draconian law’, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz […]


Umbrella media regulator to be set up soon’

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry confirmed that the PTI government is soon going to set up an umbrella regulatory body – the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) – for all forms of media including the print, electronic, film and digital. “The PMDA will bring an end to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority […]


Minister for action against hate speech on social media

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MUZAFFARGARH: Provincial Minister for Irrigation Mohsin Leghari Monday said strict action would be taken against those involved in sharing hatred material through social media to disturb peace. He was chairing a meeting to review security arrangements for peaceful observance of Muharram. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shoaib Tareen, DPO Hassan Iqbal, […]


Efforts on to boost Information Technology IT exports: Minister

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ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Aminul Haque has said that efforts are being made to enhance export of the IT industry’s products in accordance with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The minister said that after the record $2.1 billion exports, the target of $5 billion will also be achieved. Cooperation […]


Media bodies assail attempt to establish Pakistan Media Development Authority

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KARACHI: A joint committee of media organizations in the country has unanimously rejected the government’s attempt to establish the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The committee comprises the Council of Pakistan News­paper Editors (CPNE), All Pakistan Newspapers Socie­­ty, Pakistan Broadcasters Association, Pakistan Fed­eral Union of Journalists and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors. […]


Pakistan to facilitate visas for journalists and media personnel in Afghanistan

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the Pakistan government’s move to facilitate the visas of journalists and media personnel in Afghanistan. We urge our partners to share the information with their networks to facilitate the safe exit of journalists in Afghanistan in the midst of the current uncertain times. On August 15, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan […]


Fawad calls for regulation of digital media to check fake news

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ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Sunday that as more people were shifting to digital media, it was set to define media landscape in Pakistan in near future. Talking to representatives of digital media platforms here, the Minister said that there was need to check fake news, sectarian […]


The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) vows to resist media authority bill

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LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has pledged to fight against the incumbent government’s efforts to gag freedom of expression through the so-called Media Development Authority bill. Punjab PPP senior vice-president Chaudhry Aslam Gill and deputy general secretary Usman Malik said that the party would resist all attempts to impose a ‘curfew’ on the freedom […]


Government to set up media regulatory authority, says minister

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ISLAMABAD: Despite resistance from the opposition parties and representatives of media organizations, federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday again expressed the government’s desire to set up an authority in to regulate mainstream as well as social media the country. “We need to think over fake news, sectarian news and hate material. […]


Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) criticizes misleading statements of information minister

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have out rightly rejected the misleading statements of Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry in support of the proposed bill for the creation of Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA).“By issuing such misleading statements to justify the creation of media authority, the information minister is not only damaging his […]


Faisal Inaugurates Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU).

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ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, Senator Faisal Javed inaugurated a Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) facility here at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU). In collaboration with Power 99 Islamabad, the university has recently established a Digital podcasting setup to facilitate different departments, schools, and centers at the university in their educational and co-curricular […]