ISLAMABAD: An opposition walkout from the National Assembly and hard bargaining on Monday won the facility of a live telecast of parliament’s budget debate for the first time in Pakistan beginning on Tuesday. Leader of the Opposition Khurshid Ahmed Shah refused to open the general debate in the National Assembly on the budget for 2015-16 […]
KARACHI: The soulful transmission Shab-i-Manajat on Geo TV on the Shab-i-Barat wrote a new chapter of success by breaking all records of popularity in the history of electronic media. The transmission led by world known research scholar Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain has surpassed its contestant channels by winning GRPs in record number of 83.84, according […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it will upload on its official website the complete details of media licensees within a week in pursuance of court’s directives. Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA) Chairman Mir Ibrahim appeared before a two-member bench of Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh. During […]
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Dunya Media Group announced support for Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Monday against banning of channels. PFUJ contacted many media houses in order to get support on the issue of protecting channels and journalists from being blocked or banned. PFUJ demanded Pakistan Broadcast Association (PBA) to help the journalists […]
RAWALPINDI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on Friday held out the possibility of filing more cases against Axact — which is already implicated in the massive diploma mills scam — if fresh evidence is found against the software company. “We will carry out a full investigation … the interior ministry will be contacting the Federal Bureau […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid Friday said that the media should act as a watchdog to check corruption in the society. He said this while launching a National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) awareness song on the theme “Say No to Corruption” in a meeting with Deputy Chairman NAB Rear […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ensure putting names of media owners, directors, chief executive officers and shareholders on its website. A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed resumed hearing on implementation of media commission recommendations as […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Affairs Ifran Siddiqi said on Wednesday that exchange of media delegations between Pakistan and Belarus can help bring masses of the two countries closer and create awareness about each other’s cultures. He was talking to Republic of Belarus Information Minister Ananich Lilia who called on him at […]
KARACHI: The whole media industry cannot be judged by a single case, TV anchor Talat Hussain said on Monday, while referring to the Axact and its media company Bol. Speaking to The Express News show Kal Tak host Javed Chaudhry, he said that the media industry has seen many a turbulent time, but never like […]
Islamabad – Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage, Senator Pervaiz Rashid here on Friday said safety and security of journalists is top priority of the government. The minister was chairing the 3rd meeting of the ministerial committee constituted by the Prime Minister to address security related issues of the media houses. He said the […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday requested Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to direct PEMRA to take notice of the section of media involved in negative campaign against PPP’s leadership. “PEMRA needs to take notice of the section of media involved in negative campaign against PPP leadership,” said Rehman Malik, addressing a meeting while […]
On Tuesday, the Corps Commanders meeting at the GHQ in Rawalpindi resolved to fight terrorism, extremism and sectarianism without any discrimination. Recent events tell us that the commanders mean what they say and that their effort is producing results. They are our primary bulwark against barbaric imperial proxies out to turn our country to hell. […]
I have yet to hear a strong voice in the media saying the allegations should be probed and the principle of innocent till proved guilty should be held paramount till the final verdict is out I feel a little odd writing this for the op-ed pages of a newspaper but then I believe it has […]
QUETTA: The chief of Jamuri Wattan Party (JWP) Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti has said that independent media is inevitable for stability of independent democracy and independent judiciary and cable operators should immediately restore the transmission of Geo News channels. He expressed these views during his visit to offices of Geo, Jang and The News in […]
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