Varsity to launch FM radio

HYDERABAD: The University of Sindh will set up an FM radio station in the department of Mass Communication to broadcast educational programmes and train students of the department. The project was discussed at a meting at the Jamshoro campus on Monday. It was presided over by acting vice-chancellor Professor Dr Parveen Shah and attended by [...]
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Zero hour and Radio Pakistan

Naeem Tahir Radio was the only source of information, entertainment and education. If your voice was broadcast over the radio, you became known It was the zero hour between the night of August 14 and August 15, 1947, which is the most significant moment in the...
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Saving Radio Pakistan

THIS is with reference to the article ‘A giant in decline’ (April 9). I fully support the suggestions put forward by the writer for the revival of Radio Pakistan — a public service state organ. It is time to inject the much-needed funds to pu...
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‘Apna Pakistan’: Military set to expand media outreach across country

ISLAMABAD: In order to expand media outreach throughout Pakistan, the army is planning to set-up a countrywide radio network parallel to Radio Pakistan and PTV to create what it calls ‘social harmonisation’ and to propagate ‘state vision&rsqu...
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Radio’s 50

Mohammed Iqbal Khan Asadi painfully recreates Radio Pakistan Karachi’s glorious past Sarwat Ali Radio Pakistan Karachi Ki Pachas Sala Ilmi Aur Adabi Khidmaat By Dr.Mohammed Iqbal Khan Asadi One of the most momentous inventions to have impacted society in...
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Radio: reasons for decline in Pakistan

THIS is apropos of Hajrah Mumtaz’s article ‘A giant in decline’ (April 9) , which was about services of Radio Pakistan rendered in the past. The topic got new impetus with your editorial ‘PBC in dire straits’ (Feb 26). It seems th...
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Making Radio Pakistan viable

THIS is with reference to your editorial ‘PBC in dire straits’ (Feb 26) and subsequent letters of readers (March 2 and 11). It was radio that made the first-ever announcement of the birth of our country on the night of Aug 14, 1947, at midnight in ...
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Measures being taken to empower Pemra: Firdous

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government is taking measures to empower Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). She said that there is a need to brin...
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Increasing Exposure: Radio Free Asia to cover Balochistan

US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, who had recently introduced a controversial legislation on Balochistan, asked Radio Free Asia (RFA) to report on and broadcast in Balochistan to better equip them with the current news. According to a press release issued by hi...
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