By Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: PPP MNA Sher Muhammad Baloch during a speech on the floor of the National Assembly accused that Geo TV and its anchor Kamran Khan wanted to destabilize the country. “The Geo TV and Kamran Khan are anti-parliament, anti-PPP and they want to destabilize Pakistan,” Sher Baloch while delivering his speech on […]
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Tuesday came down heavily on the Jang Group of Publications as well as Geo Television Network. Taseer was talking to media at a photo exhibition of the PPP leaders at Alhamra Art Gallery here. Denying the recent reports of his absence from the country, the governor said that not […]
By Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: The quality of the Geo News pogramme “Hum Sub Ummeed Se Hain” was lauded at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting here on Thursday which asked as to why the state run television was not originating such programmes. The PAC, which was reviewing the accounts of the Ministry of Information and […]
Speakers talked about the liberating effects of community radio. ISLAMABAD: Community radio broadcasts content that is popular to or focuses on the needs of a specific audience, said Syed Abid Rizvi. The writer and former Station Director of Radio Pakistan said this while delivering a lecture on community radio at Civic Café programme of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Top priority will be accorded to restore the credibility of Pakistan Television Corporation and improve the quality of all programmes to achieve excellence within the ambit of decency and morality, said Managing Director PTV Yousaf Baig Mirza on Thursday. Talking to media-persons here at PTV Headquarter, the newly-appointed MD PTV unfolded the distinctive features […]
By Hussain Khan HYDERABAD: A number of politicians have lambasted Sindhi-language television channels for exploiting the “Culture Day” festivities in order to promote their “own agendas”. “It`s not media`s mandate to lead in such things. Only political parties have the mandate to set the agenda. The day is being exploited by media groups to serve […]
By Abdul Sattar Khan LAHORE: While the high-ups of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) are out to justify before the Lahore High Court (LHC) a large number of politically motivated appointments in the authority by twisting facts, an in-house dissenting note by the finance wing of the Pemra has already created doubts about the […]
By: Arshad Bhatti LAHORE – Despite worst crises facing by the Pakistan film industry, Lollywood’s productions received maximum number of viewers on the three days of Eidul Azha, TheNation learnt on Friday. Lollywood productions including ‘Numbardarni’, directed by Masood Butt and ‘Alyasa Gujar’ produced by Chaudhry Khadim Hussain and directed by Pervez Rana have gone […]
ISLAMABAD: As if almost seeking a ban, members of the National Assembly (MNAs) on Wednesday warned the speaker that Indian films which had flooded the markets were corrupting the minds of the younger generation. “Children are now incorporating Indian words and terminologies in normal conversation,” complained MNA Tahira Aurangzeb who asked Culture Minister Pir Aftab […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has directed the Ministry of Health to provide free medical treatment to all poor and old artists of the country. The prime minister in this regard approved the provision of free medical treatment to artists and artisans who are above 60 years of age and earning monthly income […]
By: Shahid Rao RAWALPINDI — Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Tuesday ordered Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to submit its written reply to a petition filed against the role of Pakistani media in criticising the Pakistani cricketers over the issue of betting in the test match. However, LHC judge Justice Syed Akhlaq Ahmed […]
KARACHI: The Jang Group has been blackmailing the government to evade taxes, Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) Chairman Khalid Arian claimed on Saturday. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Arian alleged that the group embezzled Rs 2 billion with the help of two officials of the National Bank of Pakistan. He […]
KARAHIC: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (COAP) has issued a clarification saying that the reports about the blocking of a private TV channel were incorrect. “There was no blockage of the private TV channel anywhere in the country and it is surprising that officials of the channel are making claims about suffering huge losses […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Culture and Tourism expressed concern over degrading standards of the Pakistani films and observed that not a single Urdu film was produced this year. The committee, which met at the Parliament House, directed the Film Censor Board and the Pakistan National Council of Arts to make efforts to revive […]
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