KARACHI: Mast FM 103, a local radio station, resumed its transmission at 4:00 p.m. Thursday as the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) returned their transmitters and other equipment. The station had been non-functional since the Sindh police and PEMRA officials raided their Karachi studios in November and seized all their broadcasting equipment. Administrative in-charge […]
KARACHI, Dec 4: The Sindh High Court dismissed as not maintainable on Tuesday a writ petition against the suspension of Geo television channel transmissions. Advocate-General Masood A. Noorani appeared on court notice and submitted that the petition was not competent under the Provisional Constitution Order, which had suspended Articles 19 (freedom of expression) and 25 […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions against the ban on the transmission of Geo TV channels as not maintainable. The Independent Media Corporation and Bird (Pvt) Ltd had challenged the ban on the transmission of Geo News, Geo Entertainment, Geo Super and Aag TV channels by the government. The SHC’s division bench […]
Pakistan media enjoyed ‘selective freedom’ as they are not allowed to raise certain issues, said David Barsamian, one of the pioneers of ‘alternative media’ in the US. Talking to journalists at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday, he said that a private TV channel conducted a lengthy interview of him but did not ask […]
LAHORE – The Pakistan Freelance journalists Association (PFJA) has welcomed the launch of Waqt TV and termed it as a step to safeguard the ideology of Pakistan. In a statement issued here on Monday President FJA lqbal Yousafi congratulated Chairman Nawa-e-Waqt Group Majid Nizami on opening the new channel. “It would prove to be a […]
LAHORE – The Pakistan Freelance journalists Association (PFJA) has welcomed the launch of Waqt TV and termed it as a step to safeguard the ideology of Pakistan. In a statement issued here on Monday President FJA lqbal Yousafi congratulated Chairman Nawa-e-Waqt Group Majid Nizami on opening the new channel. “It would prove to be a […]
ISLAMABAD (APP) -Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A. Memon Sunday said there would be no compromise on the media freedom and the discussions are underway to resolve the media-related issues. “The media freedom is intact and it would stay. There would be no compromise on it. However, the media should abide by the code […]
RAWALPINDI: Expressing their happiness over restoration of transmission of Geo television networks, public circles on Friday said that telecasts of the popular channel by cable operators should also be restored so that they could view the same. The news about restoration of Geo TV’s transmission on satellite spread in the country like jungle fire from […]
ISLAMABAD- Managing Director, Pakistan Television, Yusuf Beig Mirza on Friday announced that the state-run network would allow all the political parties including the opposition to run electioneering from first week of December. The MD was addressing a press conference here, announcing the details of the 43rd anniversary of the first electronic channel of Pakistan. Responding […]
ISLAMABAD: The journalists’ protest against curbs on media revolved around a television talk show staged on Friday in front of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club Camp Office. The talk show was organised by an anchorperson of a TV channel that had been closed after imposition of emergency rule. The guests on the programme included Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf […]
Islamabad: The not-very-long- ago popular talk shows on private television channels are for sure gaining popularity as they are nowadays ‘forced’ to come out from their studios and keep their programmes ‘live’ on the footpaths of Islamabad. Geo Television’s popular talk show ‘Capital Talk’ attracted hundreds of people on Friday as the host of the […]
KARACHI: A referendum was held among three union groups of the Pakistan Television Corporation in which All PTV employees and worker unions who contested under the Phool group with the flower as their symbol, swept with a heavy margin in all four provinces, Daily Times learnt Thursday. The Phool group defeated its other two rival […]
The World TV Day was observed throughout the world on November 21 as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996. Ironically, however, in Pakistan the most important means of information – that is, television – is braving against all odds and is facing oppression at the hands of the government. Since the imposition […]
ISLAMABAD: To ensure that Pakistan’s nuclear assets do not fall into wrong hands, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has put in place an effective and leak-proof command and control system, Information Minister Nisar A Memon said here on Tuesday. “This command and control system is working efficiently under the able and professional leadership. Pakistan Army under […]
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