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Blasphemous net sites blocked

ISLAMABAD, March 21, 2006: The Supreme Court was told on Monday March 20 that all 12 websites displaying sacrilegious cartoons of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the internet had been blocked. Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan assured the apex court on behalf of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) that all websites […]


Heads of Saarc TV channels meeting today

ISLAMABAD, March 21 2006: A special meeting of the heads of national TV channels of Saarc countries is being held here on Tuesday March 21 to preview documentary ‘Saarc in New Millennium’. PTV is hosting the meeting, which would be participated by the heads of respective TV channels of the member countries. The meeting would […]


Petition against PTV and cable operators for “obscenity”

PESHAWAR: A lawyer filed a writ petition in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) against the Pakistan Television (PTV), and cable operators for airing what he claimed “obscene” programmes. Nijauddin Khan, a resident of Mardan district, filed the writ petition under Article 199 of the constitution. The petitioner made the federal government, Muhammad Ali Durrani, the […]


Pemra awards FM radio licences for AJK and Northern Areas

ISLAMABAD, March 09, 2006: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday March 8 extended eight FM radio broadcast stations, six for AJK and two for Northern Areas. The bidding ceremony for award of licences was held in a fair and transparent manner, at Pemra Council Office here, said a press release. Shahid Humayun, Executive […]


KARACHI: SHC issues notice to govt in film case

KARACHI, March 08, 2006: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federal ministry of culture and the central board of films censors for March 14 in a petition of by a film production company seeking permission for screening of its pre-partition film. M/s Mehboob Motion Picture Company, which produced film ‘Anmol Ghari’ […]


Blasphemous websites be blocked, orders SC

ISLAMABAD, March 03, 2006: The Supreme Court on Thursday March 2 directed the government to block internet sites displaying sacrilegious cartoons and called explanation from authorities concerned as to why these sites had not been blocked earlier. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Faqir Mohammad Khokhar and Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan […]


Licences issued for teleport earth stations

ISLAMABAD, March 01, 2006: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Tuesday February 28 gave licences to two companies for setting up teleport earth stations in an open and transparent bidding. The stations, allowed in the private sector for the first time, will be established in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. These will be […]


Five illegal FM stations in Bajaur closed

KHAR (Bajaur Agency), February 23 2006: The political authorities have closed five illegal FM radio channels in different parts of the Bajaur Agency, sources told Dawn here on Wednesday February 22. The operation against the illegal radio channels has been started on the directives of provincial Governor Khalilur Rehman. The sources said that the local […]


Govt to set up Rs 951m electronic media city

Khalid Mustafa ISLAMABAD, February 21 2006: The government is to establish a media city corporation of Pakistan at the cost of initial capital Rs951 million that will serve wide range of electronic media clients’ nationally and internationally. “The USIS building and its adjacent plot in Islamabad for the proposed media tower is under active consideration,” […]


LARKANA: Another radio station in Larkana soon

LARKANA, February 18 2006: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed will inaugurate newly-established medium wave radio station in Larkana. This was stated by the controller home services of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Mohammed Sharif Shad, while talking to journalists here on Friday February 17. He said that Larkana was culturally and literally […]


Two TV boosters for Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, February 17 2006: Pakistan would provide two television transmitters to Afghanistan in March this year, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said here on Thursday February 16. He was talking to Afghan Minister for Information and Culture Dr Sayyed Makhdoom Raheem who called on him. Sheikh Rashid said Pakistan and Afghanistan enjoyed […]


TV channels may give progressive results: EC

* EC secretary says 26,000 polling stations declared sensitive LAHORE: The Election Commission (EC) of Pakistan has said that it would not announce progressive election results on February 18 but private television channels were allowed to do so, Dawn News reported on Friday. The channel claimed that Election Commission Secretary Kunwar Dilshad had earlier told […]


Ban on internet sacrilege sought

ISLAMABAD, February 16 2006: The Supreme Court was requested on Wednesday February 15 through a petition to direct the government to discharge their lawful duty by prohibiting the broadcast of blasphemous material through internet services, infringing religious rights of Muslims in Pakistan. Advocate Malik Qamar Afzal, additional secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) […]


Shaukat asks ministry to restructure PTV and PBC

ISLAMABAD, February 15 2006: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday asked Information and Broadcasting Ministry to take steps for complete restructuring and modernisation of Pakistan Television (PTV) and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) to prepare them to meet the emerging challenges of globalisation and proliferation of media and to compete with the private TV channels effectively. […]