RAWALPINDI: Unidentified assailants equipped with lethal weapons set a van carrying the copies of ‘The News’ to Islamabad on fire after creating panic among the people here at the Committee Chowk on Friday morning. The people who witnessed the scene confirmed that the assailants were carrying lethal weapons and acted as professional fighters. “Their delivery […]
ISLAMABAD: After the complete and shocking failure of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to get the transmission of Geo News restored despite the clear and strict judgment of the Supreme Court and inaction of the authority against the cable operators, Geo has written a letter directly to all the cable operators, pressing them […]
ISLAMABAD: Geo television has decided to knock on the doors of the Supreme Court again by moving a contempt of court petition against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) after the apex court’s orders to restore the Geo transmission were completely ignored and the government’s ‘instructions’ on this count simply put into dustbin by […]
ISLAMABAD: A statement attributed to a Supreme Court judge in a section of the press dominated Wednesday’s hearing initiated on defamatory and objectionable banners placed against him in different places of the capital. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja asked Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt to take up with the government the […]
ISLAMABAD: Geo television has moved Pemra, holding that before proceeding on the complaint of the Ministry of Defence the authority should take the opinion of the Council of Complaints (CoC) under the Pemra law and that Geo should be heard on the merits of the points raised in the complaint under Section 30(3) of the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), which is already embroiled in controversy, may stand to lose one of its most influential members after a petition challenging his appointment was filed in the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday. The petition maintains that Pervaiz Rathore, a retired officer of the Police Service of Pakistan, was […]
ISLAMABAD: Hearing a petition filed by private members of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended important notifications related to the ongoing media crisis, including show-cause notices issued to three Pemra members. Another notification suspended by the IHC was about Pemra convening a […]
ISLAMABAD: The proposed Media Complaints Commission (MCC) — an initiative of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif aimed at removing ambiguities from the code of conduct for media houses — seems like it may become an electronic media-centric body. According to official records available with Dawn, representatives of the print media, who were invited to the first […]
Asserts Geo transmission blocked, Jang distribution disrupted illegally QUETTA: The Standing Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) announced on Sunday that it will not accept the cancellation of licence of any TV channel or declaration of any newspaper. It declared that any action against the media freedom will be resisted. It said […]
Thousands of copies burnt; case registered for bid to torch Geo vehicle; threats, bullets sent to cable operators who resumed Geo transmission; Gilani, Sherpao, Palejo, Sharjeel condemn attack LAHORE: Some unidentified bike riders set a vehicle carrying bundles of thousands of copies of the daily Jang and The News on fire on Abbot Road on […]
PARIS: International organisation Reporters Without Borders has expressed grave concern over the illegal closure of Geo TV in different cities of Pakistan, warning that if the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) did not stop unilateral action against Jang and Geo, they would raise the issue at the United Nations (UN) and the European Union […]
RAWALPINDI: Following an order by an additional district and sessions judge, police on Friday registered a case – under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the controversial blasphemy laws – against the owner of Geo TV and the producer and anchor of a morning show, for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a particular sect. The judge, […]
KARACHI: Thousands of journalists from the Jang/Geo group and several other media organisations, during a protest demonstration outside the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) office, said that the closure of Geo TV was unacceptable for them and the journalist community would not hesitate to render any sacrifice for the cause of freedom of expression. […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid said on Thursday that there was no justification for shutting down a channel and if it had made a mistake, realised it and tendered an apology, it should be accepted. He said that it was advisable to follow the policy of live and let others live […]
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