LAHORE: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that the government would soon lift the ban on popular video-sharing website YouTube as it has developed software to filter controversial content. Addressing senior journalists and intellectuals at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal in Lahore, the minister, however, refused to give a definite date for unblocking YouTube. Turning to the […]
LAHORE: Renowned radio, TV and film actor Ghayyur Akhtar passed away after a protracted illness here on Friday. The actor was suffering from paralysis for last four years. He was shifted to the Services Hospital as his condition deteriorated last night. Akhtar started his acting career in the 1970s and became a very popular actor […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid assured the journalists on Tuesday that the government was sincere in resolving their problems and would take all possible steps to facilitate them. “Soon after coming to power our government completed the process of formation of 8th Wage Board Award. Now I assure you that we […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid has invited Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA) and All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) to forward their recommendations on draft Right to Information Bill and assured that these will be brought up during discussion in the Senate. The minister said this in a letter written to PBA Chairman […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid has invited Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA) and All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) to forward their recommendations on draft Right to Information Bill and assured that these will be brought up during discussion in the Senate. The minister said this in a letter written to PBA Chairman […]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Saturday said the government was not interested in prolonging the ban on Youtube. Pakistanis will soon hear good news in this regard after the government established mandatory filters which is a time-consuming and painstaking exercise, he said. Speaking at a certificate-awarding ceremony to students […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid said Tuesday that right to information bill has been prepared as the government believed that freedom of media was imperative for further strengthening the democratic institutions. Addressing the meeting of Coalition on Safety of Journalist issues, Pervaiz Rashid said the said bill will soon be […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has categorically denied media reports that the Abbottabad commission’s report had gone missing from the Prime Minister’s Office, saying the report was in the safe custody of the government. “The original report is in the safe possession of the government and no unauthorised person can have access to the document,” […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Pervaiz Rashid has said that latest information regarding the distribution of government advertisements is available now on the website of the Information Ministry. Addressing a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Information on Monday, the minister said that only those newspapers would be given advertisements which are really being […]
By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid on Thursday formed a four-member committee to furnish its recommendations within seven days on the key issues the newspaper industry was presently facing. The minister took this decision during a lively interaction with the representatives of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), headed by […]
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