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 […]
Radio Pakistan Pindi contract employees unpaid for 8 months
The contractual employees working in different sections of Radio Pakistan, Rawalpindi have voiced strong protest against non-disbursement of salary for the last eight months. The contractual employees said that payments were regularly made to permanent employees of the radio, while meting out discrimination to them. This has pushed them to the brink of financial collapse, […]
Radio Pakistan to broadcast live budget speech of finance minister
ISLAMABAD: Radio Pakistan will broadcast the budget speech by Federal Minister, Ishaq Dar live from National Assembly tomorrow (Friday).Weeklong post budget programmes highlighting its salient features and reactions of various stakeholders and common people have also been chalked out,said a press release issued here.Arrangements have also been made to broadcast the budget speeches of Provincial […]
AJK Radio, FM-101 short of funds
MIRPUR (AJK) – Due to non-payment of funds by the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, the news section of Azad Kashmir Radio Mirpur and FM-101 have reached at the verge of complete closure. Now, there is an apprehension that its daily news transmissions may go off air at anytime, officials concerned said. The PBC authorities at Islamabad […]
Director News Radio Pakistan Mushtaq Ahmad Kaifi passes away
ISLAMABAD: Director News Radio Pakistan, Mushtaq Ahmad Kaifi passed away in Islamabad today after protracted illness. He was about fifty-eight. He was admitted at Shifa International Hospital Islamabad for over a month due to different complications. His funeral prayer will be offered tomorrow after Asar prayer in Islamabad. In his illustrious career, he served in […]
Rashid inaugurates Radio Pakistan’s new transmitter in Karachi
Minister for information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid inaugurated 10 KW medium wave transmitter at Radio Pakistan Karachi today. Director General Radio Pakistan Saba Mohsin and other officials concerned were also present on the occasion. Our Karachi correspondent Altaf Pirzado reports that the transmitter has been installed by Radio Pakistan from its own resources at a […]
No equipment to block illegal radio stations
By Qamar Zaman ISLAMABAD: The radio frequency authorities have admitted not developing any mechanism to block illegal use of airwaves despite a large number of violations over the years. The unauthorised use of the radio spectrum, according to the Telecommunication (Reorganisation) Act of 1996, is an offence that may be punishable with imprisonment up to
Azhar, the man who knew TV, dies
ISLAMABAD: Aslam Azhar, a distinguished broadcaster and media personality, died in Islamabad on Tuesday. He was 83 years old. His days in the world of the small screen are dubbed the golden years of television in Pakistan. Aslam Azhar was one of the founding fathers of Pakistani TV, the title not merely an empty slogan.