ISLAMABAD – The PEMRA has banned Tele Track, MM, MM2, M-Net and Series channels being distributed by Cable TV operators through their networks in Pakistan. PEMRA said these channels were not included in the eligible channels list issued by PEMRA. These channels have not sought registration with PEMRA, which is a prerequisite for landing rights. […]
LAHORE – Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Sardar Shaukat Mazari on June 2 invited treasury and opposition members to discuss with him the important matter of allowing private TV channels to for coverage or other wise of House proceedings. He invited MPAs from both sides of the political divide to his chamber after Shafqat Abbasi from […]
KARACHI – Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has decided to form Media Complaint Commission as self-accountability forum to redress complaints against the freedom of press and code of conduct. The commission will review complaints of people and different quarters of society against newspapers on violation of code of conduct and newspapers against violation of […]
KARACHI – The APNS has strongly reacted to the statement of Federal Information Minister, Shaikh Rashid Ahmed and termed it dangerous for the future of free press and democratic dispensation in the country. A spokesman for the APNS said that federal minister’s statement on the floor of the National Assembly regarding Wage Board matters was […]
KARACHI – Business Recorder staffer lost his motorcycle during the funeral prayers of Imam Ali Reza Imambargah bomb blast victims held at the Imam Ali Reza Mosque at M. A. Jinnah Road on June 1 afternoon. Photographer Ikram Mehdi of the daily Business Recorder had parked his motorcycle (KAN 8032, Honda CD 70) in the […]
KARACHI – Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills Lt Gen (Retd) Abdul Qayyum has said that undoubtedly the media is the fourth pillar of the State but at the same time a journalist has to report with great responsibility. This he stated in seminar on Media and the National Interests organised by Public Relations and Management Group […]
Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, who works for the US magazine Newsweek, was freed on June 2 after being held in secret in Pakistan since April 21, 2004. Before being released from a jail in Miranshah, in the North Waziristan tribal region, he was reportedly obliged to ‘confess’ before a traditional assembly (jirga). Reporters Without Borders […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed strong concern and resentment on the increased hostility of the federal information ministry towards the press which it termed as dangerous for the future of a free press and democratic dispensation in the country. The APNS spokesman in a statement issued on June 1 reacted […]
KARACHI – The President, All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), former President CPNE and Editor The Nation, Arif Nizami, said that democracy and freedom of Press are in the national interest and no compromise would be made on it at any cost. “National interest and freedom of Press can be safeguarded only in a democratic system. […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on June 1, demanding that freedom of press should not be suppressed in the name of self-manipulated national interests, called for greater freedom of expression. “National interests and freedom of expression should be in conformity with each other and no one should be allowed to usurp the basic right […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed its concern at what it calls the increased hostility of the federal information ministry towards the press. The APNS executive committee which met on June 1 under the chairmanship of Mr. Arif Nizami noted in a statement the deterioration in press-government relations and said “back-door” […]
KARACHI – The President, All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), former President CPNE and Editor The Nation, Arif Nizami, said that democracy and freedom of Press are in the national interest and no compromise would be made on it at any cost. “National interest and freedom of Press can be safeguarded only in a democratic system. […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on June 1, demanding that freedom of press should not be suppressed in the name of self-manipulated national interests, called for greater freedom of expression. “National interests and freedom of expression should be in conformity with each other and no one should be allowed to usurp the basic right […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the 7th Wage Board Award is the right of newspaper employees. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly after a walkout of newsmen from the press gallery on May 31 evening, the minister said that all the four provinces had agreed to link […]
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