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Pemra tariff structure slammed

KARACHI, Nov 20: The cable operators, criticizing the tariff structure announced by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, have said it is not feasible. Talking, informally, to the newsmen at an iftar-dinner hosted for them by Sindh Pemra on Thursday, the office-bearers of the Cable Operators Association (COA) said that they were not satisfied with […]


Ten PTV channels soon, says minister

ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Drastic changes, including setting up of a credible and independent current affairs department and increasing the number of PTV channels to 10, will be made to improve working of Pakistan Television , Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said here on Saturday. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of uplinking of four PTV […]


PTV not on India’s list of approved channels

ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The Indian government’s claim that PTV was on their approved list of TV channels seems contradictory after an issuance of a list in the Lok Sabha, which did not include any Pakistani channel. The PTV was missing in the list issued in response to a question raised in the Indian Parliament about […]


PTV’s four channels being shifted to Asia-Sat-III-.

ISLAMABAD – Four channels of Pakistan Television (PTV) are being shifted to Asia Sat-III on November 14 enabling all cable operators and viewers across the world to watch all these channels through one receiver. According to an official statement, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, would inaugurate the launching ceremony here on […]


Media can bring South Asian people closer, says Rashid

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Tuesday the media can play a greater role in bringing the people of South Asia together and facilitating co-operation. Addressing the third Meeting of Saarc Information Ministers here, he called for creating the right environment in which co-operation and development can flourish between […]


FBI probing Pak TV channel

ISLAMABAD.. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMA) held a public healing to issue Direct To Home (DTH) licences here on Saturday. Pemra Chairman Mian Javed chaired the hearing. Pemra had advertised the hearing which was attended licences, and many Pemra Chairman Mian Javed addressing the gathering said the hearing was being held under Authority’s Ordinance […]


Pemra holds public hearing

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday held a public ‘hearing to award first two licenses for Director-to-Home (DTH) satellite-based channels. The public hearing was attended by representatives of two leading television companies besides Pemra Chairman Mian Mohammad Javed, member Saleem Gul and other officials. Earlier in an open bidding on […]


PTV earns Rs 570 million from TV licence fee

ISLAMABAD (APP)- Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Omer Ayub Friday informed the National Assembly that 0f counterfeit, tampered and forged currency notes are not accepted by the State Bank of Pakistan or other internationalised banks. Replaying to a question of Chaudhry Shahid Akram Bhinder the Parliamentary Secretary for Finance said those defaced currency notes aye not […]


PEMRA rejects operators’ allegations

ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The spokesman for the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has rejected the allegation made by the chief of the channel providers association, Mahmud Rizvi , in a section of the press that PEMRA was “supporting piracy”. Describing the allegations as canard, the spokesman said: “Nothing could be farther from the truth,” […]


Input tax adjustment for PTV ads: CBR’ issues procedure

ISLAMABAD:The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has issued procedure for adjustment of input tax paid on advertisement services by Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) registered clients. The CBR has superseded ruling 12/2003 through a directive issued to collectors of sales tax here on Saturday. The CBR has informed Pakistan Advertising Association and PTV Karachi, that banking […]


PTCL provides ‘peering’ bandwidth

KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has announced a ‘peering bandwidth’ facility to the Internet Service Providers (ISP) – first service of its kind in the country – allocating the flow of local data traffic within the country without going international. “We discussed that in the last board (board of directors) meeting and we have […]


PTV engineers want jobs regularized

QUETTA, Oct 7: Pakistan Diploma Engineer’s Federation, Balochistan Zone, (PDEFBZ) representatives on Monday demanded of the federal government to regularize services of all resource persons in the Pakistan Television, Quetta Center. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, Saeed Khan Kakar and Ibrahim Jan Zehri President and General Secretary of the PDEFBZ, respectively, claimed […]


Government limits smoking ads on TV and radio

ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday banned smoking-related advertisements on television and radio channels between 600am and midnight. The 2002 Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-smokers Health Ordinance Implementation Committee decided to impose, the ban during its second meeting. Federal Health Munster Muhammad Nasir Khan chaired the meeting. The committee was told that TV and […]


LHC seeks PTV reply on Madeeha’s plea

LAHORE, September 17- The Lahore High Court has directed Pakistan Television Corporation to submit parawise comments within four weeks on a writ petition filed by artist Madeeha Gohar, for not selecting her play in the drama competition being carried out by the respondent and restraining it from telecasting. The petitioner through her counsel submitted that […]