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Pakistan silencing media's free speech, show-cause notice to news channel
Updated : 4 years 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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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Pakistan continues to suppress free speech in digital spaces
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Despite being a democratic state, Pakistan continues to suppress free speech in digital spaces, stopping its citizens from participating in the working of the state by depriving them of a resourceful channel for vocalizing their concerns.
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Pak journalist Absar Alam shot in Islamabad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Senior journalist and former Chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (PEMRA), Absar Alam, was shot in Islamabad on Tuesday.
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Pak media authority clamps down on news channels, asks them to stop 'malig
Updated : 4 years, 11 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 : 4 years, 11 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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Pakistan's media barred from covering Lahore motorway rape case
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has barred the news channels from covering the gang rape case of the woman that took place on a motorway in Lahore in September.
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Pakistan initiates action against Ahmadiyya channels
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan authorities have initiated actions against Ahmadiyya channels and issued notifications to ensure none of the channels belonging to the community operate in the country.
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Pak talk show slapped with notice for allowing panelist to display army bo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued a 60-day notice to a talk show aired on channel ARY News for "willful attempt to debase and demean a state institution by dragging it unnecessarily in a debate" on Wednesday.
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