• November 14, 2021
• Social Media

Registration of social media cos begins under new rules ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started the registration of social media companies under “Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight and Safeguards) Rules, 2021.” The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has formulated the rules under Section 37 of Prevention of Electronic […]

• November 14, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD—Planning Minister Asad Umar has warned the opposition parties and media outlets of “serious beating” if they ventured towards Islamabad in the form of a long march, The News reported. The minister accused the media of being the “facilitator” of the PDM and went on to address the supposed “PDM facilitators within media,” saying: “Don’t […]

• November 14, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD—Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, in his tweet, announced that he had settled the dispute between former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar and PTV anchor Dr. Nauman Niaz. Sharing a selfie with Shoaib and Niaz on social media, the minister said that the matter was not so big, but the social media portrayed it […]

• November 14, 2021
• Information Technology

Islamabad: A high-level delegation from global venture capital firm 500 Global visited the Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) in Islamabad to meet with Chairman STZA Amer Hashmi and his team. The delegation from 500 Global included Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner Courtney Powell, Board Member Max Scheder-Bieschin, and Alysia Lopez, Executive Assistant to 500 […]

• November 14, 2021
• General News

The Federal Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication has established Pakistan’s first studio for digital media practitioners at the Karachi Press Club (KPC). Federal Minister for IT & Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque formally launched the digital media studio in a ceremony at the KPC on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Haque said that his political […]

• November 14, 2021
• General News

Journalists have good reason to cheer the passage of the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, 2021, by the National Assembly because it is a welcome departure from the threat of the grotesque Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) that was hanging over their heads till their stiff resistance knocked it off. All that remains […]

• November 14, 2021
• General News

MOHMAND: The district administration arrested a journalist on charges of intimidating and obstructing a public servant in discharge of his duty in Bezai tehsil here on Saturday. The Peshawar-based journalist, Hazrat Khan Mohmand, is associated with a Pashto language TV channel. Mohmand deputy commissioner Ghulam Habib told Dawn that the journalist was arrested after he […]