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Pak media crisis: Country's rights body calls for immediate payment of arr
Updated : 1 year ago IST
This crisis has adversely affected journalists' livelihoods and the overall health of the media sector.
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Pak journalist's associations condemn PEMRA's "illegal" notices to TV chan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) lamented the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) for issuing "illegal" show-cause notices to several TV channels for covering the recent terrorist attack in Karachi, terming it "an attempt to pressuris
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Reporters Without Borders urges Pakistani authorities to address "alarming
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Pakistan's federal and provincial authorities to address "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" over recent months, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Petitions filed in high courts against media watchdog's decision
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a notification released on May 21, the PEMRA ordered all satellite news channel licensees not to carry any content, including commentary, opinions, or suggestions about the potential fate of such subjudice matter which tends to prejudice the determination by a court.
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Media bodies express concern over state of 'free media' in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) has committed to continue the constitutional and legal struggle for freedom of expression in Pakistan and face unfavourable circumstances head on.
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Nawaz Sharif used Faizabad sit-in against institutions, claims Sunni Itteh
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Sahibzada Hamid Raza, has asserted that the current prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, utilised the Faizabad sit-in to protest against state institutions, according to ARY News
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Pakistan: No ban on broadcasting Imran Khan's speeches, media regulator in
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that there was no ban on broadcasting former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's speeches, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Pakistan: Special court doesn't allow media coverage of cypher case
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The decision, stemming from the official secret act special court, emphasises the need for confidentiality in handling the cypher case.
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'Hastily adopted laws in Pakistan pose threat to press freedom': Reporters
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Reporters without Borders (RSF), a global media watchdog has called on the Pakistan government to revoke "several draconian laws supposedly designed to combat ‘disinformation’, ‘cybercrimes’ and ‘spying’ that it (previous government) forced through parliament shortly before its (assembly) di
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Pakistan's media regulatory authority bans airtime for 11 'proclaimed offe
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Authority took the decision citing the Sindh High Court (SHC) in constitutional petitions, Pemra said that such people cannot enjoy certain rights such as appearing on television.
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Pakistan withdraws PEMRA amendment bill, says Information minister
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Pakistan, on Monday, withdrew the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2023 after the objections raised on the proposed legislation.
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Pakistan: Lahore HC seeks PEMRA's reply on Imran Khan's contempt plea
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The petitioner had earlier challenged PEMRA's prohibition in the LHC, upon which Justice Mirza suspended PEMRA's prohibition order on March 9.
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