Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has credited his government for beginning a new era of relations with Russia and opening the new trade market of India, despite big challenges to its existence in the country. Speaking at the function of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), which Pak Oasis sponsored at a […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Pakistan Television (PTV) managing director to submit till October 17 his statement indicating the policy in televising news and current affairs programmes. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain took up a decade-old pending case moved […]
By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: A sum of Rs1,034 million was given to the Pakistan Television (PTV) in 2008-09 as subsidy and another massive Rs5,648.377 million subsidy in total was provided to the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) during 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Senate has been informed. “The PTV’s income in 2008-09 was Rs6,156,436,567 while expenditure […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: An interesting perspective on how art journalists use the electronic media to have and convey a better understanding of the subject was given by Indian journalists Sahar Zaman and Dhiraj Singh at an event titled ‘Art and the airwaves’ at T2F on Saturday evening. Ms Zaman, who is also a newscaster, […]
LEADING television journalist Asma Shirazi has joined DawnNews as Senior Anchorperson and Analyst. She will be hosting a prime time show `Faisla Awam Ka’ every Monday to Friday at 10:05pm, says a DawnNews press release. Asma Shirazi is a senior journalist associated with the electronic media for over 14 years. She has worked in various […]
KARACHI: In view of the importance of music and its immense popularity the world over, Geo TV is airing from September 8 a mega reality show ‘Sur Kshetra’ which translated means: ‘Victory of tunes; triumph of music.’ In this competition, young singers from India and Pakistan will put to test their talent and it is […]
By: Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau has decided to investigate allegations of fraud in the $20 million US-funded TV programme for Pakistani children. The NAB will probe allegations against the country’s prominent stage drama company, Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW), and its informal literacy programme, Pakistan Children’s Television (PCTV). The US-funded programme […]
By: ASIM MUNIR I want to make an appeal to the electronic media in both the public and private sectors. I am making this request after viewing a report a few days ago on almost all TV channels of Pakistan that about 100 Hindu families from Shikarpur, Sindh, were boarding a train to migrate as […]
By: Aliya Mirza LAHORE: The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW) is committed to continuing its informal educational project, the Pakistan Children Television (PCTV), even after the US Agency for International Development (USAID) parted its ways with it on a $20 million programme levelling serious allegations of financial misappropriation. The company has faced a media trial […]
Let’s give credit where and when it’s due. PTV’s coverage of the recently concluded London 2012 Olympic Games was nice. It did what it could to telecast most number of events, bearing in mind that all other networks in the world were doing the same through multiple TV channels. The fact that PTV put the […]
ISLAMABAD: Keeping with its tradition, Geo News broke the news about an attack on the Kamra airbase late on Wednesday night. According to Pakistan Standard Time, the attack was launched just after 2pm on night between Wednesday and Thursday. Within an hour of the attack, Geo News telecast the news about the attack by suspending […]
KARACHI: The month of Ramazan is departing by folding all its blessings but most successful special transmission of Geo Network ‘Pehchan-e-Ramazan’ remained the most attractive transmission for the people at ending days of this holy month. A large number of people were the part of Shehr-e-Ramazan on the 26th day of the Ramazan transmission hosted […]
KARACHI: Shehr-e-Ramazan was completely inundated by colourful green flags at sehr and iftar on the occasion of Independence Day on Tuesday, which coincidentally also fell on the same day as Geo’s 10th birthday. On the 25th day of Geo TV’s Pehchan Ramazan broadcast, national songs and na’ats echoed through the studio’s corridors, while scenes of […]
KARACHI: Renowned scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday participated in Shehr-e-Ramazan, live special transmission of Pehcha-e-Ramazan of Geo TV that is continuing for 25th consecutive day. Dr Abdul Qadeer was the distinguished guest among the guests who participated in Shehr-e-Ramazan hosted by world-renowned broadcaster Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain. The host and the audience welcomed […]
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