• February 20, 2014
• Television

A parliamentary panel on Wednesday expressed displeasure over one and three years plans proposed by Pakistan Television Network (PTV), suggesting that recommendations of all divisions/channels of PTV should be made part of the proposals for formulation of future plans. The sub-committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting directed that all the […]

• February 18, 2014
• Media Ethics, Television

LAHORE: The National College of Arts (NCA) Archives Department organised a lecture titled “Race for Rating and Pakistani TV Channels” at the college auditorium on Monday. Known journalist Sohail Warriach was the speaker on the occasion, who enlightened the participants about the process of measuring rating of TV channels. He said that although media had […]

• February 16, 2014
• Information Technology, Social Media, Television

LAHORE: “My Facebook account has been hacked. The hacker has posted objectionable material on it causing a lot of stress to me, my family members and friends,” says a complainant, a woman. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has no remedy to redress the complaint in the absence of a law to check cyber crime, including […]

• February 10, 2014
• Television

Karachi: The 1st Sindh International Film Festival will begin in Karachi today at Neuplex Cinemas, the city’s leading multiplex. The two-day event is a part of the ongoing Sindh festival to celebrate Pakistan’s heritage and culture. One of the main screens at Neuplex will be dedicated to Raindance Selection, a specially programmed strand which has […]

• February 10, 2014
• Television

KARACHI: TV dramas are now giving competition to talk shows. It is a huge achievement that despite a plethora of channels the public can still recall names of actors and dramas. There is no diversity in drama serials. These days, dramas focus on women’s never-ending sob act. These polarising views were expressed at a session […]

• January 30, 2014
• Front Page, Television

ISLAMABAD: Secretary information and broadcasting Nazir Saeed on Wednesday assured the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Pakistan Television (PTV) would get a permanent managing director (MD) by next week. He also apprised the court about the ongoing process for the appointment of MD PTV during hearing of the petition, seeking permanent managing director at the […]

• January 29, 2014
• Television

Television is unlike most other technologies because it also performs ‘hidden’ functions. Therefore, the west marketed it to the south as a constitutive part of two larger narratives – modernisation and then later globalisation. The modernisation thesis, propounded by Daniel Lerner, held that the media, along with urbanisation, education and other social forces, would mutually […]

• January 27, 2014
• Television

KARACHI: Within a few days of its launch, Geo’s exciting family show ‘Inaam Ghar’ is being hailed as a milestone in the history of game shows aired live on the local media. The viewers have given a positive feedback about the show hosted by Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain, one of the eminent anchorpersons of the […]

• January 24, 2014
• Television

KARACHI: In Geo News family show Inaam Ghar, Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain handed over a baby girl to an issueless couple, whose parents had left her in a cradle of Chhipa Welfare Association in Clifton. The poor parents had left the baby in the cradle hoping that Dr Aamir and Muhammad Ramzan Chhipa will give […]

• January 22, 2014
• Television

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has opened investigation against the former managing director of PTV, Mustafa Kamal Qazi, and asked for the record of his corruption from the authorities concerned. Sources privy to the matter reveal that the former PTV chief inflicted a loss of billions of rupees to the corporation, which had to […]

• January 18, 2014
• Television

KARACHI: Viewers don’t have to wait any longer as electronic media’s history is going to be rewritten when Geo Television will telecast the biggest entertainment show in Pakistan’s history tonight at 7.30 pm. Internationally renowned broadcaster, Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain will host the show titled ‘Inaam Ghar’. Like its name depicts, valuable prizes will be […]

• January 18, 2014
• Television

ISLAMABAD: The directors of state-run TV have been directed to seek orders, advice from the Secretary Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage until the appointment of a regular Managing Director. The post of MD stands vacant in pursuance of the judgment of the Islamabad High Court and a notification dated January 13. It was […]

• January 14, 2014
• Media Ethics, Television

THE episode’s title sequence opens with a view of Gotham City-like place with shadowy skyscrapers looming in the background and ambulances racing by with sirens wailing. The camera then pans to a burly host clad in a military combat vest, with stubble and sunglasses, hands on his hips, standing next to a large bullseye. This […]

• December 28, 2013
• Television

I AM perturbed watching dramas/soaps on various TV channels. The theme in majority of the dramas is pretty much the same. It shows family disputes, wealth matters and strained relations with spouse. It appears that we have no positive things to show other than gloom. Now when there is so much depression because of poor […]