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Cyber bullying

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angering or targeting people on social media, gaming platforms or messaging platforms. Nowadays most of the people are involved in cyber bullying either intentionally or unintentionally. Particularly, people who are involved intentionally in this crime leak private videos or photos of others, make memes on others through use of digital technologies. On the other hand, […]


Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

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The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook and its parent company Meta flopped once again in a test of how well they could detect obviously violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. The hateful messages focused on Ethiopia, where […]


Jokhio’s family has no objection to removal of PPP lawmakers’ names from list of accused

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The family of Nazim Jokhio informed a Malir court on Saturday that they have no objection to the exclusion of the names of two sitting Pakistan People’s Party lawmakers Jam Awais and Jam Abdul Karim from the list of the accused in the high-profile murder case. Jokhio, a local journalist, was found dead last year […]


Call for peace-building efforts on the media

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LAHORE: Practices aimed at building peace should be adopted on the mainstream as well as digital media in order to ensure harmony in the global society, says a resolution in a media conference held at the Mass Communications Department of the Lahore Garrison University. The two-day International Media Conference (IMC-2022), titled “Balancing the Expression: Exploring […]


Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned case of harassing journalists by FIA

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ISLAMABAD: On Friday, the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah summoned the case on the petition of senior Anchorperson Sami Ibrahim where the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) accused him of provoking the public against institutions, BOL News reports. FIA officials argued that Sami Ibrahim conveyed the message to the public on-screen to […]


Google official acknowledges Pakistani YouTubers

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ISLAMABAD—Around 300 Pakistani channels on YouTube have more than one million subscribers, with more than 55 percent of the viewership coming from foreign countries, Google country director for Pakistan, Farhan Qureshi disclosed. “An overall growth of 35 percent against the previous year indicates that content created by local YouTubers is highly popular all across the […]


Marriyum lashes out at PTI for undue favors to ARY

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KARACHI: Informational Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has lashed out at PTI government for allegedly giving undue favors to private television channel ARY. Responding to a tweet by Fawad Chaudhry, senior PTI leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry, Marriyum termed PTV’s deal with ARY as illegal. PTV had formed a consortium with private channel ARY to […]


Pakistan’s Media Industry Likely to attract $3 Billion Investment

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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued several new licensees for Direct-to-Home (DTH), satellite TV channels, FM radios, and teleport services, which would likely bring an investment of approximately $2-3 billion in various projects, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22. In this regard, three licenses for launching DTH in Pakistan have been approved by the […]


Pakistan Needs To Harness Emerging Technologies for Strengthening National Security: Experts

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan needs to harness emerging technologies to strengthen national security and national sovereignty. This was the key message of former senior military officers and eminent intellectuals at the seminar on ‘Disruptive Technologies – Impact on Future Warfare’ organised by the Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS) in Islamabad. General Zubair Mehmood Hayat […]


Two held for displaying weapon on social media

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Jalilabad police have arrested two youngsters for uploading videos on social media while holding weapons in their hands during separate raids conducted here on Thursday. According to police sources, accused Muhammad Shah Zaman and Shakeel Aziz uploaded videos on social media while holding weapons in their hands violating the government orders regarding ban on display […]


National Press Club clarifies its position on press conference

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ISLAMABAD – The National Press Club (NPC) Islamabad has condemned the insulting attitude of retired army officers during a recently-held press conference. In a statement issued by Secretary NPC Raja Khalil Ahmed, the management stated that the venue for holding the press conference was provided at the request of Veterans of Pakistan, the organizers. “Due […]


Journalists Group Wins Press Gallery Election

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LAHORE   –   Journalist group backed candidates, Akhlaq Ahmad Bajwa and Hassan Ahmad were elected President and Secretary respectively of the Press Gallery Committee of the Punjab Assembly on Thursday. The election of the press gallery committee was held at the committee room of the Punjab Assembly. According to the results, Akhlaq Bajwa of the Journalist […]


PEMRA exploring new regimes for licencing: Economic Survey

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ISLAMABAD, Jun 9 (APP): Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) as the regulator for electronic media and its distribution services in Pakistan was exploring new regimes for licensing such as Television Audience Measurement (TAM) services, OTT (Over the Top), Teleporting, etc which would generate more job opportunities for the people in Pakistan, according to Economic […]


PTV-ARY consortium: PTV lawyer concedes irregularities in PSL broadcast rights deal

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Television Corporation has acknowledged before the Lahore High Court that the agreement for the broadcasting rights of PSL-VII signed between the state-run television corporation and private media group ARY was in violation of rules and against the principles of transparency. The counsel for the PTV, who appeared before the two-member bench of […]