ISLAMABAD: The Joint Action Committee of media, comprising APNS, PBA, CPNE, PFUJ and AEMEND, on Sunday informed the Senate Committee on Information and Broadcasting that it will not be able to attend any meeting, in which federal information minister and minister of state are present till the amended PECA ordinance is withdrawn. While thanking Chairman […]
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has requested Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to refrain private TV channels from airing advertisements of illegal housing societies. “There are over 340 housing societies in the district and only 65 of them have approval from the government and the remaining are illegal but doing business without any […]
ISLAMABAD: Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Minister Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri said the ministry’s Web Evaluation Cell had reported 60,000 social media links of blasphemous, sectarianism and unethical content in two years. He said the ministry after evaluating the content from all aspects had forwarded the links to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority in a bid […]
ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgement in the country’s history, a district court of the federal capital has vindicated the position of Jang/Geo Group and it’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in their defamation case against a journalist who vilified them by publishing a series of concocted, malicious and pernicious allegations in foreign websites. In his six-page verdict, […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Kanwal Shauzab has reportedly taken anchor Batool Rajpoot hostage at her home, asking her to delete the interview that she conducted with the lawmaker. Journalist Hamid Mir tweeted that he received a message from the journalist who told him about the incident. He shared screenshots of the messages from the journalist. […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that Section 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act 2016 (Peca), which deals with offences against dignity of a person, is not unconstitutional but in conformity with the Constitution and promotes the right to dignity. “Defamation is an injury to a man’s reputation. The freedom of speech […]
KARACHI: Veteran journalist, poet and scholar Farhad Zaidi passed away on Friday in Karachi, confirmed his family. He has left behind a widow, and two sons. His funeral prayer will be offered at the Masjid-o-Imambargah Yasrab, Phase 4, DHA, and will be laid to rest at the DH Phase 8 Graveyard in Karachi, said his […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday held a meeting with Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to discuss Pakistan Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 2022 (PECA). After the meeting, the minister issued a statement saying that the power to make laws should be in the hands of the government, while the responsibility […]
ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan said on Thursday in the Islamabad High Court that he had informed the Prime Minister of Pakistan that the recently promulgated Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) could be misused, local media reported. During the hearing, he said that the government has stopped implementation of section 20 […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Wednesday reserved the verdict on the PTV attack case as it accepted a plea filed by President Arif Alvi wherein he requested the bench to set aside presidential immunity granted to him by the constitution. Alvi along with other PTI leaders was nominated in the case under the […]
Senior journalist Hamid Mir has returned to Geo News nine-months after he was forced off the air for delivering a speech condemning the attack on journalist Asad Toor. The announcement was made by PPP co-chiarman Asif Ali Zardari during a press conference on Tuesday. Mir will reassume his role as host of Capital Talk, which […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday sought detailed report from Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) till April 5, in a case seeking the legal protection of journalists and media workers. The court asked the authority to tell what measures had been taken to avoid conflict interests and ensure access to information. Chief […]
ISLAMABAD: Deviating from the conventional practice of holding a seminar to debate the challenges that women journalists face in the performance of their duties, the National Press Club (NPC), in collaboration with the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO), celebrated International Women’s Day here Monday by holding an award ceremony to recognize the contributions of women […]
KARACHI: Hassan Ali Khan Bozai, a photojournalist who worked for Dawn Media Group during the 1980s, died in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday. He also represented the United Nations, Dubai’s Khaleej Times and a number of other prestigious publications in his distinguished career. Mr Bozai was born in Hyderabad, India, and migrated to Pakistan after Partition. […]
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