• April 16, 2013
• Broadcasting, Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared illegal around 200 appointments made in Pakistan Television (PTV) during the tenure of former PTV managing director Yousuf Baig Mirza. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui struck down these appointments in his detailed judgment whereas on April 12 through a short order he had declared Mr Mirza’s appointment against […]

• April 13, 2013
• Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: The superior judiciary has ordered the sacking of three executives in the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pakistan Television and the Utility Stores Corporation after declaring the appointments illegal. And curiously enough, a former chief of PTV saw his own appointment held unlawful after the court acted on his petition against his successor and incumbent. […]

• April 10, 2013
• Television

By Obaid Abbasi ISLAMABAD: A capital court on Tuesday summoned the head of the state-run television channel, Pakistan Television (PTV), after the network’s counsel failed to convince the court that the official was appointed on merit. During the proceedings, PTV’s counsel Shahid Mehmood Khokhar submitted the notification of PTV Managing Director (MD) Yousaf Baig Mirza’s […]

• January 12, 2013
• Freedom of Expression

By: Saleem Shahid QUETTA: Hundreds of people belonging to the Hazara Shia community staged a sit-in on Alamdar Road on Friday and refused to bury the dead till the army takes control of Quetta. The death toll from Thursday’s three blasts rose to 104 after nine more people died of their. The Human Rights Commission […]

• January 9, 2013
• Television

By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday set aside its 11-point routine agenda to discuss a legal dispute between a TV anchor and the managing director of PTV over their matrimonial status. At the heart of the dispute is a minor boy which Ayesha Sana claims to be […]

• December 18, 2012
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Media Ethics

By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting expressed concern on Monday over a growing trend among private channels to telecast Turkish soaps, expressing fears that the local mini-screen entertainment industry would go the way of its big-screen sister. A meeting of the committee, held at the Parliament House, noted that […]