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February 25, 2012 No Responses

Pemra warns TV channels over ‘debate’ on Balochistan

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) late Friday night warned private TV channels against holding programmes and talk shows on Balochistan issue highlighting views of some disgruntled Baloch Sardars without any editorial control. In a letter to private TV channels it termed such debates against sovereignty and integrit...
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February 24, 2012 No Responses

Financial crunch: PBC proposes levy of tax on mobile phone calls

Amir Wasim The members were of the view that almost all mobile phones now had inbuilt radio and, therefore, they should be charged for it. ISLAMABAD: Officials of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), commonly known as Radio Pakistan, on Thursday came u...
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February 21, 2012 No Responses

Radio Pakistan launches new service for US

ISLAMABAD: Radio Pakistan has launched a new service for Pakistanis living in the United States to listen to its programmes by dialing a local number. All programmes on FM 93, FM 94, FM 101, National Broadcasting Service (NBS) the current affairs channel of Ra...
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February 8, 2012 No Responses

Gender based violence can be minimized by Effective Use of Media

KARACHI: Media can create awareness among the masses regarding gender issues and can bring behavioral changes in society through its programmes and Radio is an active and cheaper source of information and awareness in the rural areas of the country. This was s...
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February 1, 2012 No Responses

Pemra warns TV channels against defamatory satire

<p>Mumtaz Alvi</p><p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Tuesday took serious note of what it called the creeping undesirable media practices, whereby television channels in particular had started invading the personal privacy in ...
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December 20, 2011 No Responses

Pemra sets up call centre for complaints

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has established a round-the-clock Complaint Call Centre (0800-73672) to facilitate public complaints against any aspect of broadcast media or cable TV networks and to take prompt necessary actio...
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December 6, 2011 No Responses

Pemra chairman earns displeasure for disobeying illegal orders

Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: While the Supreme Court is all set to take the mega recruitment scandal of present regime on Wednesday, the PPP government has made a failed attempt to pressure the concerned department to confront the apex court by...
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December 1, 2011 No Responses

Pemra may summon BBC over Taliban documentary

LAHORE: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) said on Wednesday it was looking at summoning the BBC to demand an explanation over a documentary about the Taliban that has left the BBC World News channel blocked nationwide. Cable operators....
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