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No Ptv coverage in Vehari

VEHARI, March 15: The ministry of information and Pakistan television authorities could not install a new powerful booster during the last four years in the district and adjoining areas, despite repeated complaints. According to information collected by this correspondent, a powerful Ptv booster had been installed at Mauza Meranpur on Mailsi-Kehrorpaka Road in 1999 at […]


Pakistan censored TV coverage of judge protests: RWB

ISLAMABAD (March 15 2007): A global media watchdog condemned Pakistan government on Wednesday for allegedly censoring the coverage of protests against the sacking of the country’s chief justice. Paris-based ‘Reporters Without Borders’ said that Pakistan’s Media Regulatory Authority suspended broadcasts by the private Aaj and Geo television stations after they screened footage on Monday of […]


SJC proceedings keep people glued to TV

ISLAMABAD: People from all segments of society on Tuesday were glued to their seats in offices, homes and elsewhere, not to watch the World Cup opening cricket match, but to be informed about the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) hearing of the presidential reference against Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan. Whether or […]


Contempt of court hearing against Geo TV

LAHORE:A Lahore High Court full bench today (Monday) will take up con­tempt of court proceedings against Geo TV for telecasting a programme, which was seen as an attempt to lower the esteem of the judiciary. During the previous hearing, the bench consisting of Justices Sayed Zahid Hussain, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, MA Shahid Siddiqui, Syed […]


Govt urged to curb sale of obscene, pirated films

PESHAWAR, March 4: The Tele-Filmmakers’ Association has urged the government to formulate laws in order to curb sale of pirated and obscene films. The association’s representatives said that production and sale of pirated and obscene films made for television were not only affecting their business but were also responsible for defaming the Pakhtun people. Talking […]


Pemra under fire for failure to check obscenity

ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) came under fire for its failure in checking ‘vulgarity and obscenity’ in programmes being broadcast by private TV channels, as the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting met here on Saturday. Members of the treasury benches and the opposition observed that there was […]


Officials served notices in PHPL’s contempt plea: Licence for TV channel

KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh High Court issued notices to two officers of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday in a contempt application moved by the Pakistan Herald Publications Limited in its petition for grant of licence/uplinking facility for its television channel. The petitioner company submitted through […]


Foreign film unit shoots in Mirpurkhas

MIRPURKHAS: A 30-member film unit comprising Indian, American and Pakistani actors arrived here for shooting a documentary amid tight security. The unit has Indian actors Nandita Das, Saif Rahman and American actors Jaesse James, Michael Schefit, Sufian and Nina Khan, besides Pakistani stars Nouman Aijaz and Zalay Sarhadi. It spent a busy day while shooting […]


AlJazeera gaining viewer ship

According to TV cable operators in Defence, Clifton, PECHS, Tariq Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, North Nazimabad, Liquatabad and Gulistan-e-Johar, the AI jazeera channel’s English news service has relegated western satellite news channels to secondary places. One of the leading TV cable operators in a posh area said that a large number of subscribers called them up, demanding […]


Dr. Shahid Masood joins Geo Network

He has worked as the Senior Executive Director of the ARY Network and Head of the ARY One World. Dr. Shahid Masood used to conduct the programme ” Views on News” on the ARY, which was launched in connection of 9/11 suicide attacks on US. Source: Daily News Date:1/24/2007


A hundred years of radio

THE percentage of people listening to the radio in this country these days has dropped. Perhaps it’s because television has managed to spread its tentacles into regions previously considered inaccessible. Or because other sources of receiving news, like the internet or the mobile phone have surfaced. But there was a time when the square box […]


Media can play vital role in promoting Pak-Afghan ties: Durrani

KABUL: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani Wednesday said media of Pakistan and Afghanistan could play important and pivotal role in promoting the relations between the two countries and removing the misperceptions. Talking to Afghan media at a luncheon reception hosted in his honour by Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Abdul […]


Radio as nation-building medium

KARACHI: A seminar on the role of radio as `Nation Building Medium in Pakistan’ was organized at the PBC Broadcasting House here on Saturday. Renowned writer and poet Jameeluddin Aali was the chief guest. The speakers included a former federal minister of information and broadcasting, Javed Jabbar, Maj-Gen (retd) Ghulam Umer, the former acting director […]


Re-broadcast station opens in Kohistan

PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam on Saturday inaugurated PTV’s Re-broadcasting Station in Dasu and Pattan areas of the Kohistan district. The station has been completed at a cost of Rs40 million. Over 40,000 people will benefit from it as they would watch the PTV’s programmes more clearly. Speaking at a ceremony marking […]