PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Culture and Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussein has said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a loans scheme for the local artists and artisans of the province to promote and preserve their art. In the first phase, loans would be extended to the artists and artisans of Peshawar and Malakand Divisions […]
KARACHI: Geo TV network has become the first channel in the country to offer a public apology to the Supreme Court of Pakistan for airing advertisements about the NICL case in which some accused had offered their defence. An announcement said: “The Geo management has expressed deep regrets for inadvertently allowing an advertisement related to […]
Shahid Husain Karachi: Six-year-old Rubab, a student of Class-III, is now afraid to even step out of the house due to the violence being displayed by various private television channels sharing the country’s airwaves. “TV people are very bad as they always show firing incidents. I get scared of putting on the television and don’t […]
KARACHI: Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol at local cinemas has made another remarkable historic record in just two weeks, the cumulative total of which is a figure of Rs47,217,600 at 24 screens which itself is a record from its first week gross revenue of Rs24,648,778 from 26 cinemas. This mind blowing box office record is unparalleled in […]
Lahore: Radio Pakistan has started special broadcasts to meet challenges rising from incidents of violence in Karachi, according to a press release issued on Friday. Radio Pakistan has set up a line to help people reach relief and law enforcement agencies, according to the press release issued by PBC. In case of an emergency, people […]
Faisal Kamal Pasha RAWALPINDI: ‘Bol’ is the first film in Pakistan’s history in which eunuchs are not mocked or made fun of. Instead, it shows the trauma associated with their lives, said Almas Bobby, president of the Shemale Rights Association. Bobby is the only actor hailing from Rawalpindi who has performed in this blockbuster movie. […]
CHAKWAL: The film industry has collapsed due to undemocratic culture continuing for the last 64 years in the country. This was stated by renowned actor Manzar Sehbai, who played the main role in the film ‘Bol’, during a reception hosted in his honour at the local press club on Saturday. He said that he had […]
KARACHI: Government of Pakistan has appointed Qazi Asad Abid, Chief Editor ‘Ibrat’ (Sindh province) and Dr Mansoor Akbar Kundi, Vice Chancellor Gomal University DI Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) as members of the Board of Directors of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), for a period of three years or till attaining age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. […]
RAWALPINDI: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will take up for hearing Geo Super’s appeal and stay application for issuing of a broadcasting licence today (Monday). The appeal is seeking a direction to Pemra to immediately issue a broadcast licence to Geo Super. The appeal was […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the chief secretary, the Home Department, the IG Prison and other officials on a petition requesting arrangements for a video conference system in trial courts of the province. The petition, submitted by the Innocent Citizen Welfare Trust, a non-government organisation, through their representative Haji M […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Despite being disposed of in a humiliating manner on May 1 by the Presidency, former chairman Pemra Mushataq Malik is now vying for the position of member Federal Services Tribunal (FST). Sources confirmed to The News that Malik was trying his best and was making requests to the Presidency in this regard. […]
Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the sub-committee of the NA’s Standing Committee for Information and Broadcasting was held at the Parliament House on Tuesday for reviewing the issue of ban on Geo Super. The meeting was chaired by Convener Ch Saeed Iqbal. Chaudhry Saeed made it clear that the Parliamentary Committee was playing the […]
Muhammad Nadeem Khan RAWALPINDI: Railways Prem Union held a protest demonstration against ban on Geo Super and Aag channels on Tuesday. Addressing the participants of the protest rally, Quaid of Prem Union CBA Ishtiaq Assi said that Geo TV and Geo Super were being targeted for supporting truth and right, and Geo always supported the […]
Azam Ali KARACHI: About 80 leaders and members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Punjab Bar Council (PbBC), and the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) will issue ‘Awami licences’ to Geo Super, the only sports channel of the country, and Aag, the youth channel, at a ceremony here today (Tuesday). Talking to The News, SCBA […]
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