Demo against media lay-offs
LAHORE: The Joint Action Committee of journalists and media workers on Monday staged demonstrations at Charing Cross and simultaneously on the stairs of the Punjab Assembly building against lay-offs and…
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CPNE concerned over govt steps to ‘control’ media
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Sunday expressed deep concern over the proposed Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA) to be formed under a new media law submitted to…
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Pemra issues notices to TV channels over airing Nehal’s speech
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Saturday issued show cause notices to news channels which had aired a controversial speech of ex-PML-N senator Nehal Hashmi in news bulletins,…
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Govt plans new body to regulate media: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced a broad outline of the newly proposed Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA) to oversee print, electronic and social media. The announcement…
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Steven Butler holds meeting with members of journalists’ union groups
ISLAMABAD: Condemning the murder of Sohail Khan, a journalist from Haripur in Hazara of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists’ (PFUJ) Afzal Butt group has announced to observe…
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Haripur journalists ask government to support slain journalist Suhail’s family
HARIPUR: Slain journalist Sohail Khan was laid to rest in Hattar village here on Wednesday amid calls for the government to financially support his family. The correspondent of a local…