• March 25, 2016
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Television

ISLAMABAD: Infor­mation Minister Pervaiz Rashid made a voluntary app­­­e­a­rance before the Paki­stan Electronic Media Regul­a­tory Authority’s (Pemra) Council of Complaints on Thursday in a case instituted by TV anchor Dr Shahid Masood. Talking to journalists later, the minister said he was not legally bound to appear before the council. But “I appeared on my own […]

• March 21, 2016
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Television

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Unification Committee Chairman M Ziauddin called on Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Absar Alam on Friday on the latter’s invitation, says a press release. The Pemra chairman’s invitation had actually been extended to Afzal Butt faction of the PFUJ much before Wednesday when the two PFUJ […]

• March 17, 2016
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Council of Complaints, Islamabad, has directed the Samaa TV to immediately air apology for airing baseless and defamatory news report against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman. The Council directed the TV channel to air the apology in the same manner and magnitude. The Council also recommended that in […]

• March 15, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday advised a private news channel to follow electronic media code of conduct rules 2015 and not to broadcast insulting remarks against anyone. Pemra took notice of humiliating remarks of former batsman Javed Maindad passed against the press conference of Pakistan Twenty20 Captain Shahid Afridi in […]

• March 12, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Television

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Friday rebutted a statement of Pakistan Federal Union of journalists (PFUJ) about issuance of notices to various news channels for covering the funeral of Mumtaz Qadri. A section of the press has carried a statement of PFUJ in which it was demanded that Pemra should withdraw notices […]

• March 12, 2016
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Media and Governance, Television

ISLAMABAD: Terming the ban on media to cover funeral of Mumtaz Qadri as violation of Article 19 of the Constitution, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) maintained that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) caused damage to reputation of independent news channels in the country. Speaking at a meeting, jointly held by the […]

• March 11, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Media Ethics, Television

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Council of Complaints on Thursday directed all cable operators, FM Radio stations, and satellite TV channels to stop airing advertisement of quacks, Hakeems, and Aamils. The Council of Complaints Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa in its 63 meeting held at PEMRA Regional Office Peshawar under the chair of Shakil Chandar, issued these […]

• March 10, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties staged a walkout from the Senate against a ‘controversial’ advertisement on Wednesday. The advertisement was published by the federal government in all national newspapers last month showing terrorists with Pathan peculiars – turban and a beard. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati and one of the ruling party allies Jamiat […]

• March 9, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information said on Tuesday that TV news channels needed to train their staff, especially anchors, to enable them to follow the ‘code of conduct’ for media. The NA committee met at the head office of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). Imran Zafar Leghari was in the chair. […]

• March 5, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has fined News One Channel for fanning ethnic divide and provincial hatred and also fined TV One and Abb Takk channels for airing offensive material. The Pemra Council of Complaints in its 29th meeting held in Karachi with Prof Inam Bari in the chair upheld its previous […]

• March 4, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Television

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed fine worth Rs3 million to various satellite channels for violations of code of conduct since December 1, 2015. An official source said Thursday that fines had been imposed on 17 television channels including Samaa TV, Din News, ARY News, Ab Takk, Value TV, News One, Channel […]

• March 4, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media Ethics, Television

ISLAMABAD: A spokesman for the Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar Thursday said a complaint had been lodged with the Pemra against the ARY Communications Private Ltd and one of its anchorpersons for publishing and broadcasting defamatory statements in a programme. It should be noted that this was not the first time that the said […]

• March 3, 2016
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Media Ethics, Television

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Council of Complaints Lahore in its 59th meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr Mehdi Hasan on Wednesday. The Council recommended imposition of a Rs 100,000 fine on Channel-24 for conducting malicious and defamatory programs by its anchor Mubashar Lucman against Punjab Police and also directed the channel to […]

• March 3, 2016
• Access to Information, Broadcasting, Media and Governance, Television

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday directed the government to present the Right to Information (RTI) bill in parliament at the earliest, as it has already been delayed for 18 months now. “If the bill which was approved by this committee is not presented in the House before the next […]