PEMRA warns TV channels to refrain from airing content against state institutions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Tuesday warned all television channels to refrain from airing content against state institutions. The electronic media regulator directed the TV channels to avoid spreading propaganda, misinformation and disinformation against the institutions. According to PEMRA, the misinformation and disinformation spread by...

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Head of ARY news Ammad Yousaf arrested from Karachi

KARACHI: The government in yet another action against ARY News has picked up its Head of News, Ammad Yousaf from Karachi, ARY News reported. According to details, ARY’s Head of News Ammad Yousaf was arrested without a warrant from his residence located in Karachi’s DHA. Police officers...

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ARY News ‘pulled off air’ in parts of country

ISLAMABAD: ARY News went off air on Monday evening in many parts of the country with the channel blaming the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) for the move. However, Pemra didn’t give any reason for its action. The channel’s transmission started to face disruptions at around 8pm in...

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‘Sedition’ case registered against CEO ARY digital network Salman Iqbal, others

KARACHI: President and CEO ARY Digital Network Mr. Salman Iqbal, Anchorpersons, Arshad Sharif and Khawar Ghuman have been booked under ‘sedition’ charges, ARY News reported on Wednesday. The FIR has been registered at Karachi’s Memon Goth police station on the complaint of SHO. It has been...

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Doctor sent to jail for ‘harassing journalist’

LARKANA: An employee of the People's Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) was booked under sections 506/2 and 504 of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Market police station for allegedly hurling life threats to the Larkana Press Club vice president, Tariq Durrani. The suspect, Dr Tariq Soomro,...

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Pakistani journalist says ‘physically assaulted’ during Taliban detention in Kabul

KABUL: Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick revealed on Saturday that he was "physically assaulted" during his 21-hour detention by the Taliban in Kabul. In a tweet, the journalist also revealed that his producer and driver were released by Taliban authorities after being detained for 42 hours. Mallick and...

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PPF condemns actions of police in Rawalpindi that left photojournalist Faisal Khan injured

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) condemns the actions of police in Rawalpindi during a protest by teachers and clerks in which photojournalist Faisal Khan was injured. The decision of the police to baton-charge protesters resulted in the injury of the journalist, along with ten teachers and...

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PPF welcomes safe return of Pakistani journalist who went missing in Kabul; urge an investigation into incident

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the safe return of Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick who had gone missing in Kabul, Afghanistan, a day earlier. World Is One News (WION) Bureau Chief for Pakistan Mallick, was said to have been missing for many hours before his safe...

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Journalist Anas Mallick safe in Kabul: Pakistan envoy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick, who had gone missing in Kabul a day ago, is “safe”, Pakistani envoy Mansoor Ahmed Khan said on Friday after talking to him on the phone. “Regarding reports about Pakistani journalist Anas Mallick, I have just talked to him on phone...

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Pakistan Federal Union Of journalists (PFUJ) condemns police attack on journalist covering teacher’s protest

Senior photojournalist Faisal Khan was covering the protest of the teachers when the Punjab police baton charged him. News Analysis, Top News, PFUJ condemns police attack on journalist covering teacher’s protest, photojournalist Faisal Khan, Rawalpindi police torture, Teachers protest in Rawalpindi.   Source: Asia Think Tank...

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