Nominations sought for press award
The Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP) has invited nominations for its annual Sadiq Press Freedom Award. This year, RMNP Sadiq Press Freedom Award has been instituted with the support of…
Journalists want Pemra to check hate speech on TV channels
ISLAMABAD: Working journalists have asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to effectively check hate speech in TV programmes and take up the matter with the managements of TV…
Pemra nets Rs70m in fines
ISLAMABAD: The country’s electronic media watchdog has imposed fines to the tune of Rs70 million in 119 cases over the course of the past two years. According to a report,…
G-B papers resume publication after PFUJ talks with govt
ISLAMABAD: Intensive and long talks were held between representatives of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and federal and Gilgit-Baltistan governments to sort out the issue of registration of cases…
Pemra fines channel for airing indecent content
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) fined Hum TV Rs1 million for airing indecent content on January 29, 2017. On receipt of a number of complaints from general public,…
Social media team to visit Islamabad next month
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf said that a team comprising representatives of social media websites including Facebook and Twitter will visit Islamabad next month to discuss…