SC puts off ISPR FM radios’ case hearing indefinitely
ISLAMBAD: The Supreme Court, hearing a miscellaneous petition seeking details of the number of FM radio stations run by the ISPR and their funding, on Wednesday issued notices to the attorney general and Pemra. The court asked them to submit a reply and adjourned further hearing of the matter for an indefinite period. Renowned lawyer […]
Unlicensed channels: SC seeks reply from govt, PEMRA
ISLAMABAD: The top court has sought a reply from the federal government and Pemra over unlicensed radio stations allegedly run by a wing of the military. Senior lawyer Asma Jahangir Wednesday told a two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, that she had submitted an application about her claim in […]
Countering poisonous ideologies through radio
I say to you: we are in a battle and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media Ayman al Zawahiri, leader of al Qaeda Radio signals reach where neither TV signals are available nor newspapers may be delivered. Therefore, for both state and non-state actors, radio […]