Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf once again finds itself in the middle of an online battle with journalists, with journalist Asma Shirazi its prime target — once again. The journalist took to twitter to talk about ARY News’ coverage of a Supreme Court hearing, where her picture was used despite her not being involved in the case. This […]
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Punjab Mehboob Qadir on Thursday visited the Punjab Emergency Service Department (PESD) Headquarters and delivered an awareness lecture to Public Information Officers (PIOs) of Punjab Emergency Services Department on Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act. DG Punjab Emergency Service Department Dr Rizwan Naseer said that the purpose to organize this […]
LAHORE: The Lahore Arts Council’s (LAC) 24th Theatre Festival started with play “Permasher Singh” produced by Maas Foundation, at Alhamra Arts Center, here on Thursday. The play was an adaptation of the short story by legend writer Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, adapted and directed by Maas Foundation President Aamir Nawaz. Speaking on the occasion, Aamir Nawaz […]
MANSEHRA: Police on Wednesday announced to withdraw the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a YouTuber who was arrested for uploading an offensive song on social media. “A jirga agreed to withdraw the FIR lodged against the YouTuber recently,” stated District Police Officer Sajjad Khan. The jirga decided to withdraw the FIR lodged against one […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Wednesday emphasized on the transformation of the state media organisations on modern lines to meet new-era technology. The committee was chaired by Senator Faisal Javed Khan, in which, the committee lauded the Information Ministry to carry out fast-track digitisation of state media institutions under the prime […]
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan on Wednesday regretted before the Supreme Court (SC) hearing journalist’s harassment case that a section in social media was grossly misusing freedom of expression through abusive and filthy language. A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan had taken suo motu notice of a journalist […]
LONDON: The trial of Mohammad Gohir Khan, the 31-year-old British Pakistani charged with conspiracy to murder the Netherlands-based blogger, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, entered day four on Tuesday when the prosecution came up with further details about the defendant’s communication with a Pakistan-based middleman. The prosecution’s evidence to the jury once again centered on messages exchanged […]
ISLAMABAD: The government’s business-friendly and prudent economic policies led to a boom in media ad revenue, surging it to Rs 75.64 billion in the fiscal year 2020-21 from Rs 58.6 billion in 2019-20. According to a report published by leading Pakistani magazine Aurora, the ad revenue of television, in the last fiscal year, grew by […]
Top media associations including APNS, CPNE and the PBA have issued a statement taking serious notice of Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary’s tweet about media revenues and dismissed figures quoted by him as baseless and completely incorrect. “Subsequently the original source also clarified that the figures were printed erroneously due to a technical error,” according to […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Sunday condemned the increasing harassment, illegal arrests and registration of fake criminal cases against journalists and civil society activists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Foreign Office in a statement issued on Sunday said that the reported attack on Kashmir Press Club on Saturday manifestly reflects India’s entrenched […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry inaugurated the issuance of National Health Cards for members of Lahore Press Club (LPC) and distributed health cards at the LPC. He said soon land would be marked for Phase II and there would be announcement regarding development and issuance of loans for construction of houses […]
ISLAMABAD: The creation of five new top-level posts has become a bone of contention between the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and its administrative ministry — Information and Broadcasting — after the latter censured the media watchdog for bypassing the Establishment and Finance divisions and ignoring austerity measures already in place. In its 167th […]
PESHAWAR – Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif Sunday said that Information Department was launching a program to provide internships to the educated youth which would not only give them experience in working in the field but also give them a monthly stipend and create awareness […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said that Sehat Card is a unique programme which is successful in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. He was talking to journalists at Lahore Press Club here on Sunday. While requesting the Sindh government to contribute in the health project, he said that huge amount of […]
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