By Our Correspondent PESHAWAR, Sept 21: The Frontier Cable Association (FCA) has vowed to stop screening obscene content on the cable television network and urged the government to resolve their problems. Speaking at a news conference here on Thursday, Farman Ali Afridi, the association’s coordinator, pledged to cooperate with the provincial government and Pemra in […]
LAHORE, Sept, : The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has taken up the issue of the ban imposed on the relay of four channels of ARY TV network in Punjab with the federal government, terming the decision of the provincial government illegal. “Under the authority’s law no provincial government is authorised to stop a […]
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to take stern action against mobile phone operators that provide poor services to their subscribers. Sher Afgan Niazi, minister for parliamentary affairs, and Awais Leghari, minister for information technology, conceded that mobile companies were providing poor services to customers. Replying to an […]
ISLAMABAD, August 31 2006: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has completed distribution of 10,000 multi-power radio sets in the areas affected by last year’s earthquake to help keep the survivors informed on issues affecting them. The sets donated by Internews are run on dynamo, solar, battery and electric power. They feature AM, FM […]
KARACHI, August 27 2006: The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) joins the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) as a member of its board of directors. Addressing a meeting of the PBA Board, PTV Managing Director Mohammad Ashraf Azeem appreciated the efforts of this forum that it has successfully made to change the broadcasting environment that is now […]
Islamabad, August 26 2006: the National assembly will take up Pakistan electronic media regulatory authority (Amendment) bill 2005 on Monday as reported by parliamentary mediation committee. The senate has already passed the bill that was placed before both the house last Monday. Federal minister for parliamentary affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niazi said that after tabling […]
ISLAMABAD (August 23 2006): The Senate on Tuesday passed amendments to Clauses 2-28 of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002. The text is: WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 (XIII of 2002), for the purposes hereinafter appearing. It is hereby enacted as follows: Short […]
KARACHI, August 22 2006: Illegal radio stations in NWFP were preaching religious militancy and sectarian hatred, a senior official said on Monday (Aug 21). Scores of illegal FM stations are broadcasting in NWFP and in the restive, semi-autonomous tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, and some have been accused of fanning violence. “We are taking this issue […]
August 20 2006: The government seems to be having a tough time dealing with the proliferation of illegal FM radio channels in parts of FATA and adjoining districts. It would not be such a problem if these radio channels were airing the usual entertainment fare but what makes the situation particularly problematic is that those […]
ISLAMABAD, August 20 2006: The sports and culture channel of PTV will be put on air soon as part of the government’s concerted efforts to promote sports in the country, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani, said on Saturday (Aug 19). “Preparatory work for opening this channel is in the final […]
ISLAMABAD, August 13 2006: Secretary Information and Broadcasting SHAHID RAFI said on Saturday (Aug 12) that preparation of new media policy was in final stages and it would be announced soon. In his address to participants of a two week capacity building course for Information Group officers at information service academy (ISA) the secretary of […]
KARACHI, Aug 04 2006: The shooting of a movie on slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl began on Aug 03, and some scenes were filmed near Metropole hotel under extra-ordinary security. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will work together on a movie based on the life of Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and murdered […]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 01 2006: Omantel, Oman,s leading telecommunications service provider, and Pakistan-based telecom giant, have formalized a submarine fibre optic cable link between the two countries. According to the Gul News, the cable links allow for the exchange of telecommunications traffic between Pakistan and Oman on the one hand and the rest of the world […]
ISLAMABAD, July 31 2006: The legal battle between the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has intensified after six key private sector players jumping into the row favouring drastic reduction of bandwidth prices. As the hearing of the case begins before the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench today (July 31), […]
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