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Appeasement knows no bounds in Pakistan. The interior ministry has released Taliban prisoners in a ‘goodwill’ gesture. As we have it, there is no uproar that these mass murderers will roam the streets our children play in. Instead, the Speaker was asked by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) to call the Information Minister’s attention to obscenity in […]


IHC issues contempt notices to TV channel CEO, anchor, four directors

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued contempt of court notices to a private television channel on the applications filed by media house owners for violating IHC restraining orders. Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan of the IHC issued notices to the TV channel, its anchor Mubashir Luqman, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salman Iqbal […]


State-run TV urged to set example for private TV channels

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Islamabad: Participants including MNA and Chairperson of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Marvi Memon have urged the state-run Pakistan Television to take the lead and set example before private TV channels regarding “what to show and what not to show.” They were speaking the launch of the printed version of “Report […]


Pemra accused no TV channel, NA told

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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has told the National Assembly (NA) that the second part of the report of the Media Commission has been presented to the Supreme Court. He said Pemra has leveled no allegation against any TV channel, so the ministry did not need to take any action. He said Pemra is not […]


Court bars channel, its anchor, directors from maligning Jang Group

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ISLAMABAD: Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) restrained ARY anchor Mubashir Luqman, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salman Iqbal and directors Haji Jan Muhammad, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Mehboob and Anwar Maqsood from airing any defamatory or contemptuous statements against Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and Mir Ibrahim Rahman. The plaintiffs Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Group Chief […]


Advertising too needs a code of ethics

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LAHORE: The media need a code of ethics not only for news stories but also for advertisements that generate revenue for media outlets, several panellists said on Monday. They were speaking at a seminar, Public Dialogue: Towards an Ethical Media In Pakistan, organised by Rozan and the secretariat of Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism (PCEJ), […]


Babies given away live on air in talk show

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* Many Pakistanis feel disgusted after Aamir Liaquat Hussain gave away two abandoned infant girls to childless families ISLAMABAD: Pakistani television is screening what many call its most controversial content yet in a ruthless quest for ratings: a talk-show host who gives away babies live on air. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a bespectacled 41-year-old with a […]