ISLAMABAD, April 29 2006: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) would soonn announce a new media regulatory policy, said PEMRA Chairman Iftikhar Rashid on April 28. Speaking at a PTV programmes ,Rashid said that the draft of policy had been completed and it would be announced after it was approved by all the stakeholders. He […]
ISLAMABAD, April 29 2006: Pakistani radio stations that are based in cities close to India are receiving a massive response from Indian listeners and have become another channel for bridging the social gap between the two countries. ‘We receive 10 to 15 emails from Indian listeners everyday, especially those in Indian-Occupied Kashmir,” IANS quoted Shahid […]
DADU, April 28 2006: Director of a private regional language television channel, seven members of his family, his driver and a close friend were killed while five others were injured after their wagon collided with a cargo trailer near Manjhand on Thursday. The accident occurred at Weeh Dai near Manjhand on the Indus highway, killing […]
SLAMABAD, April 28 2006: the National Assembly standing committee on cabinet secretariat has said unethical and anti-cultural programmes being shown by some TV channels cable operators. In its meeting on April 27, the committee asked Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to keep check and take action against those channels owners and cable operators who […]
Karachi, April 24 (PPI): Watching too much violent TV and playing too many violent video games takes a toll on children’s social and physical development, researchers report. “We found that the more TV they watch, the less time they spend with their friends,” said researcher David S. Bickham, a research scientist at the Centre on […]
ISLAMABAD, April 23 2006: Information and Broadcasting Secretary Shahid Rafi said on Saturday April 22 that draft media policy had been submitted to the Prime Minister’s office for consideration. Addressing the participants of Capacity Building Course at the Information Services Academy (ISA), he said the policy framework was being developed to streamline the working of […]
KARACHI, April 22 2006: TV-one has announced the summer line-up of the programmes for the morning transmission. From 9:00 in the morning to 1:00 in the afternoon, the four hour transmission will cater exclusively to the interests of aeration to focus on all aspects of women’s life. The transmission will kick off with Shakila, providing […]
LAHORE, April 18 2006: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Iftikhar Rasheed said on Monday Pakistan had no media policy. Speaking at “Meet the Press” at the Lahore Press Club, he said that it was also surprising for the Prime Minister when he was told about this fact. He said that the media policy […]
LAHORE, April 18 2006: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) expects FM radio station in each district by the end of the current year. Pemra Chairman Iftikhar Rashid, speaking at meet-the-press programme of the Lahore Press Club here Monday, said a comprehensive media policy was on the cards to regulate all forms of media […]
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Court has summoned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to appear in the court with all available records on 19th April for awarding a contract to another company which violate court orders. According to the details, PTV executed a 10-year Exclusive Software Supply and License Agreement with M/s Pak Television Channel Limited (PTCL) Inc. […]
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency),April 5: The supporters of Mufti Munir Shakir on Monday restarted FM transmissions in Gagrina village, some 25 kilometers south from here. Mangal Bagh, a close aide of the Mufti, and hundreds of his supporters held a public meeting in Gagrina after having been expelled from Bara four days back. Gagrina residents, […]
ANDI KOTAL, March 31 2006: Mehsud Scouts on Wednesday March 30 night destroyed Mufti Munir Shakir’s illegal FM radio station in the Nala Malikdinkhel area. The radio station was silenced when it was hit by a mortar shell, which also damaged a portion of the mosque from where the FM station was run, and slightly […]
PESHAWAR, March 30 2006: Paramilitary forces on Wednesday March 29 launched an operation against cleric Mufti Munir Shakir’s supporters in Khyber Agency after a tribal jirga (council) failed to convince the latter to shut down an illegal FM radio station, security sources told Daily Times. Soldiers fired mortar shells on the radio station to shut […]
PESHAWAR, March 24, 2006: Radio transmission in South Waziristan Agency was restored on Wednesday March 23 after remaining suspended for two days following bomb blast that damaged the Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU). The ATU was destroyed on the night between March 18 and 19 by the miscreants. However, radio engineers were rushed to the site […]
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