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UK media regulator Ofcom suspends KTV's licence following serious breach o
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 1 (ANI): The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) on Friday suspended Khalsa Television Limited's licence to broadcast after an investigation found the KTV channel in breach of broadcasting rules.
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UK media regulator Ofcom revokes RT's license to Broadcast in country
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) on Friday announced that it has revoked Russia Today's license to broadcast in the country "with immediate effect," arguing that it did not consider the television channel "fit and proper" to hold the broadcasting p
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Ukraine conflict: Russia bans Facebook, Twitter
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 5 (ANI): Russian media regulator has announced that it is blocking Facebook in the country, saying that it had discriminated against Russian media and information resources.
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Pakistan silencing media's free speech, show-cause notice to news channel
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 13 (ANI): The Imran Khan government is silencing media's free speech in the country as Pakistan's electronic media regulator has issued a show-cause notice to a private TV channel, for airing "unethical" remarks about the performance of a federal minister durin
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Pakistan media regulatory authority prohibits telecast of Noor Mukadam CCT
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Sunday prohibited the telecast of footage from the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the residence of Zahir Jaffer, the prime accused in the Noor Mukadam murder case as it reveale
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Pakistan mandates all TV news channels to display country's map before 9 p
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 7 (ANI): The Imran Khan government has mandated all the news channels to show the map of Pakistan daily before airing the 9 pm news bulletin, reported local media.
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Amid ongoing protest, Pak minister warns outlawed Islamist group TLP to 'g
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 29 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protest by the banned Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has warned the group to 'go back or things will be out of my hands' and urged them to stick to the promises they had made to t
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Pak media authority bans coverage of proscribed outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik P
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 29 (ANI): Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday barred TV channels and all other media outlets from covering any activity of the proscribed outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), local media reported.
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Media bodies reject 'draconian' Pakistan Media Development Authority law
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan's media organisations have rejected as "draconian" the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) bill, which proposes the creation of a centralised media regulatory authority.
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Pakistan editors strongly object to new media curb, terms it as 'censorshi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 29 (ANI): Pakistan's senior media editors have raised alarm over a new directive by the electronic media regulator that has advised satellite television channels not to report on government meetings under progress.
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Pak media authority clamps down on news channels, asks them to stop 'malig
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 25 (ANI): In an apparent clampdown on the media, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday asked news channels to refrain from 'maligning' the anti-corruption body, National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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Pakistan court suspends notice to scribe charged with anti-state rhetoric
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 23 (ANI): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the notice issued to senior journalist and former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Absar Alam by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over his recent tweets and social media p
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