Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Friday issued a show-cause notice to ARY for airing fake news about the meeting of National Security Committee (NSC). The PEMRA said the private broadcaster aired incorrect news about former Pakistan ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed who was summoned to the meeting to present […]
KARACHI: Making a comeback to the Sindh cabinet after more than six years, Sharjeel Inam Memon took the oath as the new provincial information minister on Friday. Mr Memon has been assigned the portfolio of information, which was earlier held by Saeed Ghani who would retain the portfolio of labour and human resources. The provincial […]
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had asked the banks to defreeze the accounts of journalist Mohsin Baig, the federal law officer told the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday. The court was hearing the petition of journalist against the FIA inquiry pertaining to money laundering and bribing the FIA’s officials. Petitioner Mohsin Baig said […]
KARACHI: In a shocking move, the family of Nazim Jokhio on Thursday opposed the application of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) to become an intervener in the slain activist’s murder case against two sitting Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers and their guards. Jokhio was found murdered at the Malir farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam […]
The short-form video platform, TikTok, has removed more than 6.5 million violative videos from Pakistan. TikTok released its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for Q4 2021 (Oct-Dec 2021), including updates on its commitment to support the safety of the community and foster kindness on the platform. The report reflects the platform’s ongoing commitment to earn […]
LAHORE: A group of Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) workers on Thursday thrashed a reporter of a local TV channel when he was covering the public gathering of the party at Minar-i-Pakistan. A group of the PTI workers turned offensive on seeing young reporter Khawar Mughal when he appeared with the logo of 92 TV channel at […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) president Shahzada Zulfiqar and secretary general Nasir Zaidi have expressed serious concern over the allegations levelled by former prime minister Imran Khan, without mentioning any name, that some journalists had received foreign funding and conspired against the country. In a joint statement on Thursday, they said if the […]
Khyber – Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif on Wednesday said that the provincial government striving hard to address issues being faced by the media persons of the merged tribal district, and will provide all facilities being enjoyed by the journalist community in other parts of the country. Talking […]
Few journalists would dispute the opinion that the PTI regime has left behind a legacy of crushing dissenting voices in the media, targeting individual journalists, media houses, social media opinion-makers and anyone with a pen or a mic it deemed as speaking against government policy. The punishments used varied from controlling the purse-strings to harassment […]
KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday sought a reply from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for publishing “fake and fabricated” news story pertaining to the Prime Minister’s House, Geo News reported. A complaint filed by Pakistan against the BBC Urdu was received by the Director General BBC, confirmed the broadcaster. On the complaint, the BBC has started […]
LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has suspended two schoolteachers for using social media networking platforms in violation of an order barring them from such practices. The department has suspended schoolteachers – Umar Daraz of Government Girls Primary School 311/WB Tehsil Dunya Pur and Muhammad Waseem (PST) of Government Primary School Akhtarabad, Bahawalpur City, […]
With the new government setting about swiftly dismantling its predecessor’s information policy, the sword hanging over the media’s head seems a little less menacing. On Tuesday, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced that the Pakistan Media Development Authority — which, had the PTI government had its way, would have been armed with draconian powers to control the media […]
Senior Civil Judge Mohammad Qaddafi bin Zair sentenced a man to four-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on him under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca 2016). According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the conviction was announced by the judge while hearing a criminal case filed under Section 21 of […]
KARACHI: Civil Society held a protest, on Tuesday, outside Karachi Press Club, against striking off the names of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais and his brother MNA Jam Abdul Karim from the charge sheet of the Nazim Jokhio murder case. The protesters demanded justice for Jokhio and his family. They held placards demanding […]
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