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Daily Archives: August 22, 2022

PPF calls for immediate release of Awami Awaz reporter Ilyas Samoo

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) calls for the immediate release of Ilyas Samoo, district reporter of daily Awami Awaz, who is also the president of Bandar Press Club. On August 19, Samo was arrested by the Keti Bandar Police Station in Thatta, ostensibly in charges of carrying an illegal weapon. However, speaking to PPF, Ilyas Samoo’s […]


PPF urges PEMRA to revoke ban on live broadcasts of former prime minister Imran Khan’s speeches; alarmed by disruptions in YouTube access

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) urges the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to take back its orders to prohibit the broadcast of live speeches by former prime minister Imran Khan. We are also alarmed by reports of disruptions in access to YouTube during Khan’s rally on August 21. Restricting coverage of speeches by a senior […]


Thatta journalist who highlighted havoc caused by rain arrested

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KARACHI—Sindh Police have arrested a journalist who went missing for 24 hours while reporting on the coastal area and bringing to light the devastation caused by the rains. According to Freedom Network, police arrested Ilyas Samu, a Thatta-based journalist reporting for Sindhi newspaper Awami Awaz from the coastal area of Thatta. Reportedly, the journalist was […]


Parts of Pakistan experience YouTube outage amid Imran Khan’s speech

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Different parts of the country experienced YouTube shut down on Sunday evening, coincidentally during Imran Khan’s address. The online video-sharing website became inaccessible in different parts of Pakistan right when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was addressing a public rally in Islamabad. Notably, the electronic media watchdog in the wee hours of Sunday banned […]


Bol TV anchor Jameel Farooqui ‘arrested’ in Karachi for falsely accusing Islamabad police of assaulting Gill

Whereabouts of anchorperson and popular YouTuber Jameel Farooqui remained unknown on Monday as Islamabad police said he had been arrested in Karachi for falsely accusing the law enforcement agency of physically and sexually assaulting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill while Zaman Town SHO Zahid Lodhi denied any such step by the local police. A spokesperson for […]


Norwegian Envoy for Expanding Coop in Fields of Information Technology, Telecommunication

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Lahore – Ambassador of Norway per Albert Ilsaas has said that Norway has advanced expertise in automobile, IT and renewable energy sectors. Private sector of Pakistan can step into joint ventures in these specific sectors with their Norwegian counterparts. He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI). LCCI President Mian Nauman […]


Censor boards decline to approve Indian Punjabi films

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ISLAMABAD: The censor boards of provinces have declined to pass five Indian Punjabi comedy films which had earlier got No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the previous government. The current government in the Centre seems to have changed the policy towards the Indian Punjabi comedy films. After the refusal of the censor boards to pass these […]


Recorded speeches to be aired with delay mechanism

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Sunday clarified that it had imposed ban on live coverage of Imran Khan’s speeches on electronic media, but they could telecast recorded speeches with effective delay mechanism in line with PEMRA code of conduct 2015. Earlier, the PEMRA had issued the prohibition order on telecast of live […]