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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to sue Pakistan Television for airing ‘fake’ news about Maryam’s son

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has announced that the party will sue the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) for wrongly mentioning the name of Junaid Safdar, the son of Maryam Nawaz, in its report on the Pandora Papers. Marriyum Aurangzeb, the party’s information secretary, alleged in a statement on Sunday that the PTI government had […]


Senate body considers bill to exclude parliament from Right to Information law today

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting is scheduled to consider a bill aimed at excluding both the houses of parliament from the ambit of ‘Right of Access to Information Act’ and subsequently to keep its information confidential. As per agenda of the meeting to be held on Monday, the standing committee will […]


Disputes within Pemra turn into altercation with ministry

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ISLAMABAD: The infi­ghting among top officials of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Autho­rity (Pemra) has turned into a bone of contention between the media watchdog and the ministry of information and broadcasting, Dawn can reveal. The documents placed before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) have served to highlight the issue. The papers have been submitted […]