PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Excise and Narcotics Control Haji Manzoor Khan Afridi has said that media community must take full part in sports and other healthy activities as sport energized the hearts and minds of human beings and inculcate the creative abilities of them. He was addressing Ramazan Sports Gala at Peshawar Press […]
Geologists have described the region as the most similar to Mars on Earth. Whether it’s violent sandstorms or ice found on its surface, we get more news from the red planet than from Balochistan. “I still don’t understand how a territory divided by the borders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan remains so unknown to the […]
LAHORE: Balochistan faces mounting public frustration over enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press freedom, poor governance and political manipulation, stated the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s fact-finding report. A fact-finding mission, led by HRCP in October 2022, has observed a palpable sense of anger among ordinary citizens during meetings with the organization, stated the […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued a notice to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and sought its reply against its order to stop coverage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s appearance in court. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb presided over the hearing where the petitioner’s lawyer, Faisal Fareed Chaudhry, appeared before […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a code of conduct for media for the general polls 2023. The ECP issued a code of conduct for media ahead of general polls 2023 which will be followed by newspapers, digital media and social media platforms. The media organisations were bound to not publish or […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued a notice to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and sought its reply against its order to stop coverage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s appearance in court. Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb presided over the hearing where the petitioner’s lawyer, Faisal Fareed Chaudhry, appeared before […]
Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf says the leadership of all political parties, including the PTI, will be invited to the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Constitution. He was talking to delegations of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, All Pakistan Newspaper Society and Pakistan Broadcasters Association at Parliament House in Islamabad on Friday. The Speaker […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a code of conduct for media for the general polls 2023. The ECP issued a code of conduct for media ahead of general polls 2023 which will be followed by newspapers, digital media and social media platforms. The media organisations were bound to not publish or […]
CONFLICT is an essential component of news. South Asia’s history is a tale of conflicts that have grabbed global attention. Media attention has been focused on conflict since 1979, when the Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan; that has been to the detriment of peace journalism. Post-9/11, conflict reporting has become more attractive. The Afghan conflict encouraged […]
SAHIWAL: Lawmakers are often at the forefront of advocating for transparency in governance, but when it comes to their own affairs, they are often hesitant to reveal information, even under right to information laws. A recent development in the Punjab Assembly raises questions about the assembly’s commitment to transparency and accountability, as well as its […]
Right to information, guaranteed by the Constitution and enacted in RTI Acts of each province has been a great blessing for Pakistan. The law has been hugely beneficial and has provided numerous excellent decisions on accountably of the public sector organisations. The law is essentially simple. Except for the few categories already specified in the […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday accorded approval to Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) licensing across the country under a bidding process. The meeting which was presided over by PEMRA Chairman Muhammad Saleem Baig also approved IPTV (Licensing and Operations) Regulations 2023. The authority also approved transfer of shares, change of chief executive officer, […]
The Supreme Court has indicated it could form a judicial commission in slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s suo motu case. The apex court has issued the written order of the last hearing held on March 17. It said that it had received more than 5,000 letters, requesting the court to investigate the journalist’s murder and that […]
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a group of global digital media giants, has raised several concerns regarding the “Pakistan Draft Data Protection Bill 2023.” According to the AIC, the current bill does not address the industry’s substantive concerns, including stringent limitations on cross-border data flows and mandatory data localization. Jeff Paine, Managing Director of AIC, […]
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