ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday appreciated the role of media against terrorism and sectarianism. Talking to Special Assistant of Prime Minister and Head of Committee on Media Code of Conduct Irfan Siddiqui, the prime minister said the role of media with reference to national interest and development of the country was of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Wednesday was told that the process for the appointment of a full-time chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has been started. The committee, which met here with Kamil Ali Agha in the chair, was informed by Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage […]
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa observed on Monday that the media was much active with regard to the applications for postponement of Bahria Town related cases and this situation was putting the credibility of the media at stake. He observed that no sooner was the application for the postponement submitted in the office […]
To sensitise the media on issues such as child abuse, the Federal Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights arranged a workshop in the city on Monday. “The idea is to impart knowledge on how to protect child rights while covering stories for the media,” said the ministry’s Deputy Director Haroonur Rehman. “Journalists in Pakistan […]
KARACHI: At a seminar held here on Wednesday, senior journalists, including office-bearers of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) headed by Rana Azeem said that the latest code of conduct for media was unsatisfactory and some of its points amounted to gagging of freedom of expression. They urged the government to redraft the code […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Wednesday pledged to jointly curb the menace of copy rights violations in music film and dramas. During one day seminar on intellectual property rights and enforcement of copyright laws, both pledged to increase bilateral coordination for strengthening each other in discharging regulatory duties […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Regional General Manager Sindh Muhammad Farooq has warned all the cable operators to follow licence terms and conditions during their operations and in case of non-compliance, legal proceeding shall be initiated against violators which may include fines even cancellation of their licences, says a press release. He said […]
WASHINGTON: An international media advocacy group has urged Pakistan to reconsider the sweeping guidelines it issued recently for regulating on-air news coverage. In a statement issued in Washington, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists said the “sweeping nature” of the new guidelines for on-air news coverage and commentary on the nation’s television and radio channels […]
ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited code of conduct for the electronic media, which was notified by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday, has been sent to all satellite TV, FM radio and cable TV operators in the country for immediate compliance. According to a press release issued by the authority on Friday, Pemra will […]
ISLAMABAD: The network of civil society, rights bodies and service providers associations petitioned to the upper house of parliament. The protest was against the government’s decision to not include them in the process of consultation, as per advertisement. Despite formation of a sub-committee to finalize the draft unanimously, the rights activists, civil society network and […]
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government has abandoned the policy that journalists from the private media will not be part of the prime minister’s official entourage on his foreign visits. In the early months of the PML-N government The News has exclusively reported that the prime minister has decided that no private media journalists will be part […]
New York, August 21, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the sweeping nature of guidelines from Pakistan’s Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) for on-air news coverage and commentary on the nation’s television and radio channels. The Electronic Media (Programs and Advertisements) Code of Conduct, 2015 was made public Thursday in Pakistan and is […]
ISLAMABAD: The information ministry on Thursday formally issued a code of conduct 2015 for amendments in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Rules, 2009 under which broadcast media outlets have been instructed to bar hate speech from their programmes. The notification has been issued as per the directions of the Supreme Court, which during […]
ISLAMABAD: The politicians who frequently appear on TV screens are often found absent from the National Assembly sessions whereas the most punctual MNAs rarely make it to the media, The News has found through analysis of the attendance record. Absenteeism is rampant among the who’s who of the political elite as if they have been […]
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