KARACHI: The Independence Day and odd night of 25th of Ramazan have fallen collectively after many years.To mark the occasion, Geo TV will broadcast special direct transmission “Shab-e-Pehchan” which will go on air tonight beginning at 10:00pm. During the broadcast, the participants and viewers will offer prayers and in collective ‘dua’ will seek His blessings […]
I am a frequent viewer of TV talk shows. Basic idea behind these shows is to educate people on certain issues. There should be an exchange of views in a polite way, but now it appears that our TV talk shows have lost their utility as well as credibility. Anchors and guests are shown screaming, […]
PESHAWAR: A departmental performance review meeting held here on Friday with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information, Culture, Transport and Inter-Provincial Co-ordination (IPC) Mian Iftikhar Hussein in the chair was told that approval for the establishment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa television channel has been given and will go on air in next four months. The meeting was […]
By: WAQAR LILLAH ISLAMABAD: Senate’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Friday stressed the need for improving Pakistan Television’s (PTV) news content, making it independent and viable by minimising the Information Ministry’s interference in PTV affairs. The committee said that PTV had been set up to serve the general public and not the government, […]
KARACHI: Hindu, Sikh and Christian community participated in the Geo TV’s special transmission ‘Pehchan Ramazan’ on the occasion of ‘victory day of Makkah.’ The members of Sikh, Hindu and Christian community said that they respected the religion of Islam and felt great pleasure by participating in the ‘Shehr-e-Ramazan’ programme as they did not feel themselves […]
Shazman Shariff reports that Indian fans of Pakistani drama serials are excited about the possibility of Pakistani television channels being allowed in India… Anybody who remembers the hilarious skits from Pakistan’s hit comedy show Fifty Fifty might still get cramps in the stomach from laughing, remembering the antics of Ismail Tara and Majid Jehangir. Living […]
KARACHI: Participation of guests representing a cross section of people in large number still continues in the “Shehr-e-Ramazan” settled in the special direct broadcast of Geo TV “Pehchan Ramazan”. The highlight of the programme is the invitation by the host and world renowned broadcaster Dr Aamir Liaqat Hussain to people from different walks of life […]
KARACHI: Talking to world renowned broadcaster and host of direct special Geo TV broadcast “Pehchan Ramazan,” Dr Amir Liaqat Hussain, popular TV artiste Behroz Sabzwari has said his family has religious trend and offers prayers and observes fasts. He said, “My parents infused religious feelings in me right from childhood. After having worked in the […]
ISLAMABAD: A letter bearing the ‘signature’ of a Supreme Court official and received by the managing director of Pakistan Television (PTV), Yousuf Baig Mirza, has turned out to be fake. The letter dated July 25 and bearing number HRC-35997-G/2010 was ‘issued’ by the Human Rights Cell of the court to the MD to halt recruitments […]
KARACHI: A division bench of Sindh High Court gave a last opportunity to the managing director the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to decide the issue of appointment of a daughter of a deceased PTV employee who was ignored and instead relatives of in-service employees were inducted. The bench, comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Aftab […]
BY: NADIA EHSAN Lahore: Pakistani media has progressed very rapidly and numerous private channels have become a source of information as well as entertainment for all. This has resulted in competition among the channels, a race to stand out. For the attainment of this goal, programmes are produced that would attract a good number of […]
By: (Rtd) Khalid Durrani Karachi: IT is indeed painful to watch some Ramazan special programmes on TV in which the poverty, disease and other personal maladies of handpicked persons are propagated in the most blatant manner. Financial help in the form of charity is then not only requested but also announced on air. Poor men, […]
By: Ghulam Hussain Renowned ‘Maula Jutt’ film writer Nasir Adeeb has blamed PTV and other TV channels for the decline of Pakistan’s film industry. He said PTV and other channels had always propagated against the local film industry, due to which, working here was not considered honourable anymore. In an exclusive interview with Daily Times, […]
KARACHI: The interest of the people continued on the eleventh day running in the “Pehchan Ramazan” programme of the Geo television, the most successful broadcast in the history of television. On the special invitation of the host and internationally acclaimed broadcaster Dr Aamir Liaqat Hussain, the representatives in Pakistan of “Make a Wish,” Mirza Ishtiaq […]
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