KARACHI – The Sindh government’s adviser on information, Salahuddin Haider has urged the Pakistani media to prepare itself for successfully meeting the challenges it faces today. He was speaking as chief quest at a seminar on ‘Impact of Cable Culture on Our Media’, held in Karachi on July 12 under the auspices of the Press […]
LAHORE – Women participation in different fields including politics would provide them an opportunity to play pivotal role in economic development, apart from enabling them to become independent economically and socially. Punjab Minister for Women Development Ashfa Riaz stated this while addressing the meeting of Provincial Steering Committee for Women Development held in Lahore on […]
QUETTA – One of three suspects held on July 11 night in a raid by law enforcement agencies on the Joint Road is a foreigner while another suspect had been working as a correspondent for a foreign Television channel in the city, sources revealed on July 12. The foreigner is identified as Abbas, belonging to […]
ISLAMABD – The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in Islamabad on July 12 approved the following television channels: Kashish TV Network (Daily Kawish), TV Media Network Pvt. (Daily Express), Interact Pvt. (Daily Khabrain), Sahafat Vision (Daily Sahafat), Dolphin Media (Daily Halchal), Asia News Network (Daily Jinnah), General Newspapers (The Leader Karachi), […]
ISLAMABAD — The government on July 12 assured the Senate as well as journalists that it would act sternly against Environment Ministry Deputy Secretary Asif Rehman for beating Saima Zahoor, a journalist, at his office. Federal Communication Minister Babar Khan Ghauri and State Minister for Law and Justice Raza Hayat Hiraj assured the house that […]
ISLAMABAD – The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on July 12 decided to link the newspaper advertisements with the enforcement of 7th Wage Board Award for newspaper employees. Cabinet has set up a committee to look into the issues of Award after consulting the newspaper employers and employees. The recommendations of […]
ISLAMABAD – The government has decided to issue 22 TV channel licences falling in the category of cross media (those own more than one category of media) after passing an amendment in PEMRA Ordinance to be tabled in the coming session of National Assembly for this purpose. The other media category includes a radio, a […]
Letter to the editor… Reference news-item published in the Karachi press (July 4) about the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, Sindh, receiving and redressing 100 complaints from all over the province about poor and faulty cable TV service during the month of June. It is a good omen that PEMRA should be trying to solve […]
KARACHI – A new FM radio station was formally launched on July 10 night on the well-illuminated lawn of the Hindu Gymkhana. The chief executive officer of CITYFM89, Zeina Saigol, told Dawn that the round-the-clock FM radio station had run a test transmission from February to May. “CITYFM89 had its soft launch in May. But […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on July 11 said amendments to the Hudood laws had been sent to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and would soon be put to the cabinet for approval after consultation with the CII and religious scholars. “The government will make amendments to the Hudood laws keeping in […]
ISLAMABAD – Doctors Amnat and Ghulam Mustafa are on the run, in fear of their lives, for falling in love and getting married. Hundreds of women fall victim to so-called “honour killing” by male relatives every year in Pakistan for marrying without their families’ consent, thereby being deemed to have brought disgrace on their family. […]
BEIJING – China Radio International (CRI) will expand its Urdu service’s duration from one hour to three hours daily for Pakistani listeners from July 15. “We have decided to expand our Urdu network in view of the rowing Sino-Pak relations and the interest, being shown by the listeners.” a CRI official told newsmen in Beijing […]
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DUBAI – Dubai-based television network ARY Digital has announced its plans to broadcast the coveted Asia Cup 2004 to be held in Sri Lanka commencing from July 16, 2004 to August 2004. The tournament, being played after four years gap, will also feature a much-anticipated rematch between India and Pakistan after the historical series played […]
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