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Daily Archives: July 25, 2023

No statement issued on PEMRA Amendments Bill 2023: CPNE

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ISLAMABAD, Jul 25 (APP): The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Tuesday clarified that it had not issued any statement to reject the PEMRA Amendments Bill 2023. “This is to clarify that some media persons have tweeted regarding the rejection of “PEMRA amendments bill 2023”, CPNE has not issued any such statement,” the council […]


Journalist Nasir Zaidi calls for autonomous PEMRA

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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) should be given autonomy without any government control, prominent journalist Nasir Zaidi said on Monday. “In the past governments of PML-N and PTI, several laws were introduced to curtail the freedom of speech,” he told Manizales Jahangir on Spot Light.   Zaidi questioned the amendments as the new […]


Online registration process for journalists’ health insurance begins: Marriyum

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would formally launch Journalists Health Insurance Card Scheme on August 7.   She stated this after launching the registration process for Journalists Health Insurance Scheme by uploading its form on the website of the Press Information Department and Ministry […]


Journalist bodies reject Pemra bill at KPC meet

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KARACHI: All the representative bodies of the journalists during a consultative meeting chaired by Karachi Press Club president on Monday rejected the Pemra Amendment Bill, 2023 and demanded complete reconstitution of the Pemra as recommended by the two-member media commission appointed by the Supreme Court, including Justice (r) Nasir Aslam Zahid and former federal information […]


Pakistan ranked third in the world for imposing internet restrictions

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KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked third in the world over the imposition of internet restrictions in the first half of 2023. According to a report by Surfshark, a virtual private network company headquartered in Lithuania, a half-year analysis of internet shutdown based on the Internet Shutdown Tracker reveals that Pakistan was responsible for three of […]


Prime Minister to launch health insurance scheme for journalists on Aug 7

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will formally launch a health insurance card scheme for working journalists across the country on August 7, 2023. Speaking at a news conference to launch the registration process of working journalists for the health insurance scheme on Monday, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said that working journalists can […]


The Twitter website replaces the bird logo with X

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SAN FRANCISCO-Twitter launched its new logo on Monday, replacing the blue bird with a white X on a black background as the company moves toward rebranding as X. The social media network’s website showed the company’s new logo, but its URL was still showing as twitter.com and the blue “Tweet” button was visible. Some users […]


Barbie now playing in Punjab after four dialogues beeped

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KARACHI/ LAHORE: On Friday evening, Punjab cinema owners suddenly started opening shows for Barbie and selling tickets, once again. Some users also shared screenshots of Universal Cinema telling customers that since the objections raised by the Censor Board have been resolved, the film is being played, and the tickets accommodated. In light of the development, […]


All stakeholders consulted on PEMRA Amendment Bill: Marriyum

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says all the stakeholders have been consulted on PEMRA Amendment Bill. Participating in a Private Television talk show on Monday night, she said the procedure to pay journalists’ salaries was mentioned in PEMRA Amendment Bill. She said it is mandatory to make payments to the journalists and media […]


Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns death threats; case registration against journalist Badar Zaman in Swat district of KP after writing a story on healthcare department

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the death threats and registration of a criminal complaint against Daily Huamawam resident editor Badar Zaman in the Swat district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. On July 1, Zaman published a story about the alleged illegal commission collection by two clerks of the health department. Following this, on July 18, […]