Radio Pakistan’s live commentary on Pakistan-South Africa cricket series

Radio Pakistan will exclusively broadcast ball-to-ball running commentary during the upcoming cricket series between Pakistan and South Africa. The 1st test match between Pakistan and South Africa will begin at Johannesburg tomorrow (Friday). The series starts on Feb 1 and would consist of 3 Test matches‚ 5 one day international(s) and two T-...
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Launch of BBC Urdu’s Sairbeen programme from Feb 11th

KARACHI: BBC World Service has announced the upcoming launch of the first ever BBC Urdu TV programme, Sairbeen, which will be broadcast from Monday, 11 February on a private TV channel in Pakistan. The new BBC TV programme builds on the longstanding success of...
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Chaudhry Rashid new Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority chairman

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An ode to radio

By: Chauburji The line ‘a log fire, a mug of hot cocoa and soft music from a radio’ is likely to conjure up sweet memories for many readers of my generation, who watched helplessly as television, video games and DVD players invaded their lives. The...
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Radiologists invited to attend moot

KARACHI: The organisers of 28th Annual Conference Radiology Society of Pakistan and 6th SAARC Congress of Radiology (SCR-2013) on Tuesday invited radiologists of the country to attend the moot in large numbers. The three-day event, scheduled from Febru...
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Protests against foreign dubbed content and his plans of taking Pakistani programmes to channels abroad

There was a time, back in the glory days of PTV, when streets would wear a deserted look during the broadcast of a popular drama serial. People would even schedule wedding functions around them and entire families got together to watch their favourite characte...
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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority clarifies report, The News stands by it

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued the following clarification in response to The News story titled “Supreme Court barred chairman still running Pemra, calls meeting” published on Wednesday, January 9, ...
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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...
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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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