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Dish antenna business comes to a halt

ISLAMABAD (November 07 2007): The business of dish antenna came to a halt on Tuesday in Rawalpindi and Islamabad following government’s orders to close down the antenna outlets for indefinite period, with a warning that the trader found violating the orders would have to face five years jail term and Rs 10 million fine. Most […]


Radio tones up emergency updates

TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 5: The closure of private TV news channels after the imposition of emergency in the country, viewers have turned towards foreign radio stations which broadcast Urdu news bulletins. Various political leaders told Dawn they were forced to pick radio sets to hear news bulletins on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Voice […]


Radio journalism training being imparted at Uks

ISLAMABAD: The Uks Research Centre, an Islamabad-based non-governmental organisation, is conducting a five-day radio journalism-training programme. The training programme is a part of the centre’s efforts to improve journalistic standards, promote issue based programming and investigative journalism. The training is part of an eight-month project to promote themes of political participation, development, democracy, positive depiction […]


Reopening TV channels: Government to consult PTA and media: Durrani

ISLAMABAD (November 05 2007): Federal Minister for Information Muhammad Ali Durrani on Sunday said that the government would hold meeting with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority tomorrow and later with journalists’ bodies to resolve the matter of closure of electronic channels. Responding to a question about the timeframe for the opening of television channels at a press […]


Text of ordinance on electronic media

Text of ordinance on electronic media ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated an ordinance to amend the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002. Following is the text of the Ordinance: (TEXT BEGINS) Ordinance No. LXV of 2007 AN ORDINANCE further to amend the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, […]


PM to open Multan PTV centre on 4th

MULTAN: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will inaugurate PTV centre at Multan on November 4 that was already opened by the Punjab chief minister about a year ago. The local administration and PTV management has finalised arrangement for the inaugural ceremony. Meanwhile, senior producer of PTV, Riaz Masood has been posted at PTV centre in Multan. […]


PPP turning its empty guns on media

Do you want the 90s era back, argues MNA ISLAMABAD: Previously there were some members of the government and those representing the Presidential camp attacking a set of journalists and dubbing them as “negative” and “destructive”, particularly during the judicial crisis. Now it is the Pakistan People’s Party’s turn to do the same. A lady […]


Fire destroys 14 studios of Radio Pakistan

KARACHI, Oct 28: A huge fire in the century-old Radio Pakistan building on M. A. Jinnah Road gutted all the 14 studios and destroyed equipment and archival material worth millions of rupees, including instruments used since the first day of its broadcast operations. The fire, which broke out at 11.30am in Studio Eight of the […]


KU’s FM radio station still a dream

KARACHI, Oct 11: The FM radio station project of the University of Karachi, a brainchild of the Department of Mass Communication, is not likely to see much progress any time soon, it emerged on Thursday. While the station obtained a licence in 2006, it has not yet gone on air. The Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority […]


AIOU to launch satellite TV

ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University will launch a satellite TV channel to promote quality education especially in far-lung areas of the country. Speaking at a press conference, AIOU Vice Chancellor Mahmoodul Hassan Bhutt said the Planning Commission had approved the project worth Rs 390 million to launch the channel for its targeted population. He […]


Orders to use media for traffic updates

KARACHI, Oct 23: Sindh Chief Secretary Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi has directed the provincial secretary transport and deputy inspector-general of traffic police to urge electronic media to inform motorists about alternative routes in order to avoid traffic jams. Presiding over a meeting at his office on Tuesday, he said an effective strategy be adopted to keep […]


Islamabad has highest percentage of newspaper readers

ISLAMABAD: Limited households subscribing to newspapers due to low literacy rate and a few public libraries with too little membership has led to a culture of audio-visual medium for seeking knowledge and information that is quick but not lasting, says a report. The report to be launched shortly by the United Nations World Food Programme […]


VoA to air current affairs programme

LAHORE: Voice of America is launching an hour-long news and current affairs programme on Monday to be broadcasted from 8 to 9pm on VoA’s Urdu service which is aired on medium wave 972 and 1539 kilohertz. Murtaza Solangi will be hosting the programme from Washington studios. He will also invite toll-free phone calls from Pakistan. […]


AGP summoned on pleas against PEMRA

LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court has admitted identical petitions challenging the PEMRA (Amended) Ordinance 2007 and summoned Attorney General of Pakistan for assistance on October 8.The full bench headed by Justice Muhammad Muzammal Khan passed this order while hearing two identical petitions filed on behalf of the Peoples’ Lawyers Forum (Punjab) […]