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$8m deal inked with US for radio transmitters upgradation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the US Agency for International Development (USAid) here on Thursday signed an agreement worth eight million dollars for the provision of two AM transmitters to Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) aimed at enhancing radio transmission coverage in Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan. The United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson, Director USAid-Pakistan […]


PBC clarifies news report

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has said that the allegations levelled in a report by Dilshad Azeem published in the The News on April 29 are absolutely baseless. In a statement, the PBC said the reporter’s assertion regarding so-called harassment of female officials is speculative as no particular case of harassment of any official […]


Female officials accuse PBC DG of harassment

By Dilshad Azeem ISLAMABAD: Director General (DG) Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) Murtaza Solangi has been accused of harassment by female workers of his department, The News has learnt. A number of ladies working in Radio Pakistan said they plan to knock the doors of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to get justice if the information […]


ZAB’s death anniversary: PTV will produce live marathon transmission today

ISLAMABAD: PTV would produce live marathon transmission on April 4 (today), titled “Aaj Bhi Bhutto Zinda Hai” which would start at 9:00 am and run till late night, telecast from PTV-Home Centre, Islamabad. The anchors include Farah Pervez Saleh and Shamoon Hashmi while GM Syed Shakir Uzair is the executive producer and Khalid Mehmood Raja […]


No Pakistani flicks this Eid

By Ali Usman LAHORE: Indian movies are back in business and are set to take the lead in all cinemas of the city, with no Pakistani movie being screened on Eid, sources told Daily Times. Although four Pakistani movies — Husan Parast, Madam X, Gujjar Badshah (Punjabi), Wehshi Badmash (Punjabi) — will be released on […]


Radio Pakistan Larkana: Newly installed transmitter proves to be dud

LARKANA, Sept 15: With medium wave transmission of Radio Pakistan Larkana already off the air since Aug 14, the recently-installed 2.5 kilowatt transmitter for F.M-93 designed to broadcast up to 80 kilometres radius, has also proved an enigma for the faithful listeners who claim it can hardly be heard within 20-25 km. The 2.5 KW […]


Media’s ‘unwanted’ attitude irks MPAs

KARACHI: Elected MPAs belonging to the government and opposition benches urged the electronic media and its anchors to act responsibly while performing their duties. Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri while speaking on a point of order expressed her concern over the ‘unwanted’ attitude of a private Urdu TV channel’s anchor in his programme. Without mentioning […]


Electronic media should give balanced coverage to events: chief Pemra

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Mushtaq Malik, said on Saturday that he appealed to the electronic media to strengthen the hands of the government by reporting events in a balanced manner. In an interview with APP, he said that foreign investors are scared of investing in Pakistan as the media coverage of […]


Code of ethics already provided to govt: PBA

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) says it had sent an interim code of ethics to the government relating to coverage of terrorism acts on April 28, 2009 and is awaiting response to incorporate it in the self-regulatory code of ethics for the television media. In a press release issued on Wednesday, Secretary General PBA […]


Kaira speaks of code of conduct for media: Pemra chief says firm hired to monitor ads on channels

By Usman Manzoor Islamabad: The government looks all set to prepare a code of conduct for the electronic media. Recently, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has hired a firm to monitor the television channels so that Pemra laws could be implemented and the code of conduct for advertising could be followed and the […]


Cell firms to withdraw SMS offers

By Zulqernain Tahir LAHORE: After imposition of 20-paisa tax per SMS, the cellular companies are likely to withdraw their discount packages from July 1. “It will not be possible for us to continue with the bundle package offers in the wake of fresh tax,” a representative of a cellular company told Dawn on Wednesday. He […]


ISPs, PTA lock horns over illegal VoIP

By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: The Internet Service Providers (ISPs) has asked Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to establish its own mechanism to detect Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) with their funds deposited in various accounts. The Internet Services Providers of Pakistan (ISPAK) has played down PTA directives asking them to set up expensive systems for the […]


Islamic Film Week: Malaysia invites Pakistani films

M RAFIQUE GORAYA LAHORE: The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS), an agency under the Ministry of Unity, Culture, Art and Heritage of Malaysia, has invited Pakistani films to be screened during the Islamic Film Week, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November, 2009. According to the Pakistan High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, the films contributed by […]


Hindi channels for kids become dilemma for parents

By Fawad Ali Shah KARACHI: “Yeh hamari parampara kai khilaaf hai!” the parents of Ali Shah, 6, were stunned when they first heard the sentence in Hindi from their son. At first, they were amused and laughed, however, soon they started worrying when they found out that the usage of Hindi by their son was […]