Dr Jabbar may be new PEMRA chief

By: Rana Ghulam Qadir ISLAMABAD: It has been formally decided to appoint Dr Jabbar as chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and a summary in this regard has been sent to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for approval. According to sources, there are three names – Secretary Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Ra...
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Educating through television and radio

By: Laeeq Khan Pakistan’s literacy rate hovers around 37 per cent. We are not sure how many of our people are actually educated in the real sense but what we are sure of is that education has lifted countries out of poverty and improved their overall qua...
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Pakistan Broadcasters Association pledges collective resistance to pressure

KARACHI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association adopted in its board meeting on Monday a ‘media protection policy’ that could lead to ‘collective boycott and collective legal action’ against ‘illegal’ shutdown of news channel...
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Pakistani FM Radio Sector to Establish Platform to Promote Professionalism and Local Community Development Agenda

About 40 licensed independent FM radio stations in Pakistan have decided to establish a formal platform to represent the radio broadcast sector’s interests and to promote greater professionalism and an enhanced and prioritized focus on local communities ...
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National Broadcasting Service special programme on Shaheed Bhutto

National Broadcasting Service of Radio Pakistan aired special programme to pay tributes to Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on Saturday night. Talking in Nai Ufaq program of Radio Pakistan‚ PPP leader Jahangir Badar has said Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had emerged in...
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Turkish soaps: a development on media front

<p>By: AZMAT ANSARI</p><p>AS a teacher of Media Sciences for more than a decade in different universities at the MBA and BBA levels, I keep an eye on new developments on radio, television and press. Turkish soaps are a development <a href="http://www.pakistanp...
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Director-General Pakistan Radio Pakistan assumes charge as president of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

Over 227 broadcast media organizations from 56 countries are members of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Director-General Radio Pakistan Murtaza Solangi today assumed charge as President of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Mr. Murtaza Solangi will h...
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Pak-Japan Relations: Japan to invest in radio broadcast, child health

The ambassador says that the new radio system will contribute to stability of these areas. The Government of Japan will extend grant assistance for radio broadcasting and child health, worth ¥2.8 billion (Rs3.16 billion) to Pakistan. The Japanese Ambassado...
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