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Supreme Court approves media accountability panel

ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench on Thursday approved the formation of a two-member commission for upholding the principles of media regulation. The bench, headed by Justice Jawad S Khawaja, announced that the commission would comprise a former judge of the Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid and ex-information minister Javed Jabbar. The commission has […]


Chairman barred by Supreme Court still running PEMRA, calls meeting

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By: Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: It’s not only the top constitutional office holders who are flouting the judgements of the superior judiciary, a junior Pemra official, who was given a look after charge of Pemra chairman by PPP government and was removed by Supreme Court two-weeks ago, has started using powers of the Pemra Chairman in […]


PTI asks PEMRA to curb foreign content on TV channels

By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Objecting to the airing of foreign content on private TV channels during prime time, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday demanded that the Pakistan Electric Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) should strictly monitor the TV channels and cable operators and take a prompt action in this context. “PTI expresses solidarity with the local […]


Silly morning shows

By Sameen I would like to draw your attention to the morning show craze that has been adopted by our television channels. Once there was a time when talents like Tauseef Haider and Mustansar Hussain Tarar would host some really informative and decent shows with great guest appearances for these morning shows but now, whenever […]