1. Scope of the Code: This code of Conduct (hereinafter referred as “the Code”) formulated voluntarily by Pakistan Broadcasters Association (hereinafter referred as “the PBA”) and all electronic media broadcasters who are members of PBA is aimed at self-regulation of electronic media. The Code will become a part of all licenses issued by Pakistan Electronic […]
ISLAMABAD — News blackout in Pakistan after the imposition of emergency puts common people on the forgotten track of listening to radio, particularly foreign Urdu broadcasts to appease their appetite of knowing facts soon after something has happened. Pakistan had a long tradition of listening to radio before the promotion of private TV channels. This […]
Karachi: “I don’t have the courage to visit the burnt studios. It reminds me of the friends and colleagues who passed away and the memorable work we had done. It is my biggest loss,” says Mehmood Ali. Now a TV artist, Mehmood began his career from Radio Pakistan in 1948 — a time when the […]
In a meeting held at the Secretariat, Pakistan Broadcaster Association (PBA), Karachi, today, the board of directors of association elected, unopposed, the office bearers for the term 2007-2008. Salman Iqbal (ARY Digital) as Chairman, Ghazanfar Ali (Indus TV) as Senior Vice-Chairman, Muhammad Aslam Kazi (KTN) as Vice-Chairman, Syed Sarfaraz Hussain Shah (APNA Channel) as Secretary-General, […]
KARACHI, Nov 14: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to provincial and federal attorneys for November 16 in a petition questioning a ban on four television channels. The bench, which consisted of Justices Munib Ahmed Khan and Abdur Rehman Farooq Pirzada, earlier asked the petitioner Independent Media Corporation’s counsel, […]
ISLAMABAD – Free import of various equipment used in receiving satellite transmissions, including dish antenna and receivers, was banned on Tuesday amid tight curbs on media by military regime to deprive the people of getting news through independent sources other than the state-run TV channels. However, the importers are subjected to prior permission from the […]
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday restricted the import of a total of 14 items, including satellite dishes, decoders, receivers, Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG), encoders, modulators, High Power Amplifiers (HPAs), Integrated Digital Receivers (IRDs), Broadband Global Access Network (B-GAN) and Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs). From now onwards, only importers that get a No Objection Certificate […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday told the Ministry of Information to allow only those private television channels to broadcast their programmes which agreed to abide by the new Code of Conduct laid down by the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). The president was presiding over a high-level meeting held to review […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani on Saturday expressed the hope that the issue pertaining to some private television channels would be amicably resolved very soon. Talking to PTV in a telephonic interview, the minister said the government was in touch with all the stakeholders, including owners of TV channels and […]
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 7: Although the state of emergency in Pakistan does not cover Azad Kashmir, cable operators in the region have been directed to suspend transmission of all national and international news channels, except the PTV and Indian channels. An official source told Dawn that the cable operators had been asked on Wednesday to stick […]
KARACHI – Shutting down of private TV channels in the aftermath of the proclamation of emergency has caused great revenue losses to the electronic media, The Nation has learnt. Their revenues are falling sharply and if the ban on transmission of private channels is not lifted early, their losses would reach to alarming proportion and […]
KARACHI, Nov 7: Electronics dealers selling satellite dishes and decoders appeared to be the latest targets of administrative action as police on Wednesday forced traders in Saddar to shut down their businesses after sales of satellite dishes shot up following the government’s ban on private news channels. Electronics market traders confirmed the police action as […]
Karachi, Nov 7 PPI: Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) in emergency meeting of its Founding Members on Tuesday expressed grave concern at “unprecedented situation that its members are facing.” The step of forcing cable operators to off air all news channels except for state broadcaster is not in consonance with norms of natural justice and human […]
KARACHI, Nov 7: Most cable operators in the city have been facing great hardship in collecting the monthly subscription for their service as subscribers, perturbed over the blackout of news channels since the imposition of an emergency across the country on Saturday last, are reluctant to oblige them. A survey conducted by Dawn revealed that […]
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