The second edition of Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days will take place in Sarajevo from September 9th to 11th, 2023 Doha – September 4, 2023 Al Jazeera Documentary Channel is launching the second edition of “Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days @ AJB DOC” from September 9th to 11th, 2023, which aims to empower and support the…
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday prohibited the broadcast of Geo TV drama ‘Hadsa’ on a complaint by lawyer Khadija Siddiqi, following criticism that the show was based on the 2020 motorway gang-rape case. In September 2020, a French woman of Pakistani origin was gang raped on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway in front of her children while she…
ISLAMABAD: The creation of five new top-level posts has become a bone of contention between the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and its administrative ministry — Information and Broadcasting — after the latter censured the media watchdog for bypassing the Establishment and Finance divisions and ignoring austerity measures already in place. In its 167th…
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has approached the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) with a request to stop TV channels from airing interviews/comments of its (FIA) former chief Bashir Memon in the case involving an international fugitive. The FIA is investigating its two former FIA chiefs — Bashir Memon and Saud Mirza —…
Doha – January 16, 2022 The Sudanese Authorities withdrew Al Jazeera Mubasher Channel’s license, preventing its journalists from performing their jobs. The Ministry of Culture and Information revoked the accreditation of Al Jazeera Mubasher’s journalist, Mohammed Omar, and photographer, Badawi Bashir, under the basis of “the un-professional…
ISLAMABAD: The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) on Sunday expressed its concern over the recent order by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) which charged three media persons, namely, Editor-in-Chief of the Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Editor Aamir Ghauri and Editor Investigations Ansar Abbasi, in a contempt of the court case. In…