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Daily Archives: March 17, 2022

Peshawar High Court seeks progress report on blocking of TikTok videos

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to produce a progress report on the steps taken for blocking ‘unlawful’ contents, including immoral material, on the popular mobile video app, TikTok. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Abdul Shakoor observed that the country had its own […]


PEMRA Issues Notices for Collection of Billions of Rupees from TV

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday issued notices for collection of billions of rupees from TV channel licensees in terms of advertising revenue. Under the terms and conditions of the license issued to the Pakistani TV channels by PEMRA, the channels were required to pay 5% and 7.5% for (for news and […]


Book on social media lingo termed need of the hour

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KARACHI: A book titled Speak Up by seasoned journalist Mohiuddin Zia Siddiqi was launched at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday evening. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Sikander Mehdi said writing of a good book in Pakistan is a miracle. A bigger miracle is to publish it. While watching the author going through both […]