KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani on Tuesday condemned what he described as “unannounced restrictions on the media” and attributed the financial crisis being faced by the media to the “failed” policies of the federal government. Mr Ghani was speaking to journalists at Karachi Press Club in its ‘Meet The Press’ programme. “Bans are slapped […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting was Tuesday informed that there was only ban on live coverage and no TV channel had been asked to ban a particular figure. Giving a briefing to the committee that met at the Parliament House with Senator Faisal Javed in the chair, Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media […]
LAHORE: Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Monday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) considered the legal fraternity a great asset of the country and had been accommodating it like never before. Speaking at a gathering of lawyers at Lahore Bar Association (LBA), the minister, who belonged to Sindh, said the people of Lahore and lawyers […]
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance has said that the government’s macroeconomic adjustment and demand management policies for stabilisation have started making an impact as visible in the moderate growth of 3.3 % in the FY2019. While The Finance Division pointed out that the media reports while referring to surge in inflation but did not take into […]
ISLAMABAD — Freedom Network has called for action against police officials involved in violence against a 24 News Television cameraperson in Sukkur. In a video clip shared on Twitter, several police officers are seen hurling punches at Amin Buksh Ali, pushing and slapping him repeatedly. The network did not mention what prompted the violence against […]
ISLAMABAD: On account of being a major opposition party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has written letters to human and journalist rights organisations in which it pointed out that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed ban on the broadcasting coverage of its chief. It also stated in letter that JUI-F is continuously raising its voice […]
LAHORE: Speakers at Asma Jahangir conference on Sunday discussed the country’s political situation and curbs on the media. A session ‘Unwrapping State Discourse: National Security, Identity and Nation Building’ was moderated by veteran journalist Arif Nizami and the panelists were former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, retired Let Gen Talat Masood, Senator Syed Ali Zafar, […]
LAHORE: A session on ‘Electronic and Print Media (Freedom of Expression) in Pakistan’ on the first day of the Asma Jahangir Conference on Saturday started with a minute’s silence for the denial of entry to Pakistan to Committee to Protect Journalists Asia Programme Coordinator Steve Butler. Mr Butler, however joined the session he was supposed […]
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Friday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to assist its members in a forensic audit of the mobile phones of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) chairman as well as its officials for allegedly blacking out media coverage of opposition parties. The Senate Committee on Human Rights confronted Pemra […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Friday formed a sub-panel to fix responsibility for the undeclared censorship imposed on Pakistan’s media. In the meeting, chaired by Senator Mustafa Khokar, the senators noted that there was sufficient evidence to infer that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) chairman and officials acted beyond their mandate and […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has said that there was no ban on coverage. Pemra spokesperson, in a statement has clarified,” There is no ban on coverages as such. In light of Code of Conduct, Pemra has only requested to contain live coverages to avoid any possible hate speech or speeches instigating violence […]
In a development that has raised eyebrows, Senate Standing Committee on Postal Services held open proceedings of its session which was supposed to be ‘in camera’ and Senate Media Directorate issued a press release containing the details of this ‘in camera’ session. In an apparently strange turn of events, shortly before the meeting began, the […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday said the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) did not need any instruction from the government as it was bound to act in line with security parameters set in the National Action Plan if any person at any […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights, headed by an opposition lawmaker, is set to take up the crucial issues of media censorship and denial of facilities to under-trial prisoners of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in its meeting on Friday. The five-point agenda issued by the Senate Secretariat for the meeting shows that […]
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