ISLAMABAD: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Saturday that the government did not intend to curb media freedom as democracy and media independence went hand in hand. In a statement, she said the government wanted to empower the media to strengthen democracy, but the media without law and democracy could not […]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) late Friday night warned private TV channels against holding programmes and talk shows on Balochistan issue highlighting views of some disgruntled Baloch Sardars without any editorial control. In a letter to private TV channels it termed such debates against sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan. It says such programmes […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has given a final warning to all cable TV operators across the country, asking them to immediately stop distributing TV channels that are illegal or proscribed by the authority. No channel other than those licenced by PEMRA would be let distributed on cable TV networks, and any […]
Amir Wasim The members were of the view that almost all mobile phones now had inbuilt radio and, therefore, they should be charged for it. ISLAMABAD: Officials of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), commonly known as Radio Pakistan, on Thursday came up with a proposal to levy a “broadcast cess” on mobile phone users to […]
Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the owner of a production house, a director of the Federal Investigation Agency, police officials and others in a petition of well-known singer Ali Haider against the illegal release of his audio-video album and alleged harassment by the respondents. The singer impleaded the […]
ISLAMABAD: Radio Pakistan has launched a new service for Pakistanis living in the United States to listen to its programmes by dialing a local number. All programmes on FM 93, FM 94, FM 101, National Broadcasting Service (NBS) the current affairs channel of Radio Pakistan could now be listened to by dialing 8322800683, which is […]
POLITICAL and social discussions on many TV shows have become boring. Anchors of these shows exploit a topic beyond measure as the discussion sometimes tends to digress from the topic of the show. The better ratings craze seems to govern the mentality of TV anchors and their claim to provide information to the public seems […]
Talat Hussain talks about how a foulup worsened his skin allergy. By Rafay Mahmood ” Not calling my voice or acting skills God’s gift would be sacrilegious,” Actor Talat Hussain. KARACHI: From a gatekeeper at Lyric Cinema to one of the greatest actors Pakistan has ever seen, Talat Hussain has had his share of hardships […]
Syed Abbas Hussain Urdu broadcasting news in Pakistan on the contrary seems to have converged tabloid journalism with news analysis, resulting in a hotchpotch of sorts. The outcome is a cheapening of the political discourse While flipping through news channels, one cannot help but notice the prominence that talk shows have gained. Discussion programmes on […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA chapter of the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) on Friday filed a legal suit of Rs 100 million in damages against the management, producers and anchorpersons of Dunya News and rightwing analyst Zaid Hamid. A district and sessions judge accepted the civil suit for preliminary hearing and ordered […]
KARACHI: The senior journalists urged anchor persons to make the talks of different political figure result-oriented in their shows as they were opinion builders. Replying queries at discussion entitled ‘Media speak: how the media talks to us’ at KLF here on Sunday. They observed that many times the debate remained inconclusive. The speakers included Mujahid […]
Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Anchors of private television channels command fabulous salaries proportionate to the ratings they earn for their channel. But it seems that those working for the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) have to worry about something other than ratings or qualification. That could be the only explanation for a PTV anchor, whose graduation degree […]
FOR some mysterious reasons, PTV seems to have a soft corner for terrorists and murderers like the Taliban. The Taliban’s deeds need no recounting. They blow up mosques during Taraveeh and Friday prayers, bomb Eid congregations (because they wanted to murder Aftab Sherpao), and they attack religious processions, hospitals, funerals and peace jirgas. They obediently […]
By Dr Qaisar Rashid Gradually, the relationship between the media and the ISI turned symbiotic and some quarters of the media took upon themselves the job of defending publicly every act of the ISI Perhaps the world would have been a better place to dwell in if military solutions to political issues had been successful. […]
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