ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed Shibli Faraz on Tuesday said his preference is to play the role of a bridge between the government and the media. In a series of Urdu tweets, he said he will strive to improve the country’s image, promotion of government policies and to develop the Ministry of […]
PESHAWAR: The provincial government would provide ration to deserving media persons and a list in this regard has been prepared. Adviser to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Information and Public Relation Ajmal Wazir said this during a video link meeting with Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan. Wazir said the ration will be delivered at […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he had witnessed the highs and lows of Pakistani media. “I have seen ratings of TV anchors go up and also, go down,” he said. “Respect and dishonour both are in Allah’s hands. If someone thinks he can bring dishonour to another person, he is wrong.” He said […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday some sections of the media were not doing journalism on the basis of facts. Speaking to a group of owners of private YouTube channels and social media activists at the Prime Minister Office, he highlighted how some media houses and anchorpersons had flourished with the passage of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said that the government was releasing all the outstanding bills of media houses in order to enable them to pay wages and outstanding dues of the employees. Meeting of the Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting was […]
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Senator Siraj-ul-Haq has alleged that the government’s doors were closed to the poor and it was displaying its performance of providing relief to the lockdown affected masses only through media propaganda. Allegations of incompetence in dealing with coronavirus and the lockdown situation being exchanged between the federal and Sindh government were the […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Sunday said the government should improve its relations with the media and that he was hoping for good news soon. “Give me some time. I have my own way of working,” he said while addressing a ration distribution ceremony for porters at the Lahore Railways Station. “I […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Saturday that he had advised PM Imran Khan to reconcile with the Pakistan media in light of its responsible coverage of the coronavirus situation in the country, Geo News reported. “I requested the prime minister yesterday to reconcile with all media,” he said. “Insha Allah […]
LAHORE – PMLN President Shehbaz Sharif has demanded interest free loans for the media houses to enable them pay the salaries of their employees amid coronavirus economic fallout. In a statement issued on Sunday, he urged State Bank of Pakistan to acknowledge the media as a legitimate industrial sector worst hit by the coronavirus outbreak […]
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Information Minister Fayazul Hasan Chohan has said that the provincial government is mulling over to give 16pc provincial tax immunity to media in advertisement and likely to make payments of ads on daily basis. He said relief package for media people announced by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar two days ago is in […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has approved Rs1 million each for journalists, who die of novel coronavirus, and said if any journalist is affected by the virus, the government will bear all treatment expenses. Adviser to the chief minister on information Ajmal Khan Wazir told reporters here on Saturday that the provincial government […]
Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan said on Friday that the provincial government has decided to give tax exemptions to media houses and clear their outstanding dues so that they don’t have to face financial losses due to the ongoing virus that had brought the country to a halt. Talking to media, here today, the […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved summary for the appointment of 16 press officers in important foreign capitals and diplomatic locations including New York, Washington, Ottawa, Paris, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Brussels and others. According to the approved summary on Wednesday available with The News, the prime minister has seen and in the light of […]
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday increased the fee of national TV from Rs35 to Rs100. The state-run TV fee is collected by charging it to consumers’ electricity bills each month. This means that citizens have to pay the amount whether they watch the channel or not, reported the Geo News on Saturday. The increased fee […]
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