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Written by December 22, 2012

PEMRA issues rejoinder to look-after bureaucrats report

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ISLAMABAD: Pemra on Friday issued a detailed rejoinder to a story in The News headlined, “Pemra disfigured by look-after baboos on all posts”. It said the news reflects that probably some disgruntled elements have misled this leading newspaper by providing exaggerated and deceptive information just to tarnish the image of the organisation for their personal […]

Written by December 21, 2012

PEMRA disfigured by ‘look-after’ bureaucrats on all posts

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By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The Pemra, the regulatory body for the electronic media, has been badly ruined during the recent years after having been turned into an entity ruled by a bunch of temporary officers, all of whom terribly failed to do their primary job of a regulator. Although, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on […]

Written by December 21, 2012

Supreme Court bars acting chairman PEMRA from working

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By: Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday barred the acting chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Dr Abdul Jabbar from holding office and asked the government to appoint a head of the authority on a permanent basis. A two-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Jawad S […]

Written by December 7, 2012

Illegal local radio stations taken off air in Swabi

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PESHAWAR: Around a dozen unlicensed FM radio stations were taken off the air in Swabi district over the last couple of days for spreading religious hatred. Also, the administration seized equipment used by these radio stations and booked their owners for illegal activity. The provincial had taken notice of the illegal operations of illegal FM […]

Written by November 28, 2012

Pakistan’s radio silence

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By: Samson Simon Sharaf The past week was a nightmare for wireless users in Pakistan. The blackout of cell phone communications in most parts of the country affected not only the GSM and CDMA based mobile and SMS communications, but also major business houses, banks, multinational corporations and their remote camps using PTCL wireless and […]

Written by November 15, 2012

Cell numbers no longer portable; ban imposed

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By: Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: In view of instructions issued by the Ministry of Interior, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday ordered banning Mobile Number Portability (MNP) with immediate effect. According to orders issued by the PTA, the regulator slapped ban on the MNP that was going to impact millions of subscribers of the cellular operators […]

Written by October 7, 2012

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation to establish satellite radio station

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By: AH Nizami MIRPUR: The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is all set to establish its own satellite station enabling Radio Pakistan to broadcast in 124 countries across the globe. PBC Director General Murtaza Solangi made the announcement while speaking at a ghazal show and recital of Hazrat Mian Muhamad Buksh’s poetry organised to mark the […]

Written by October 3, 2012

Court orders removal of National Accountability Bureau officer

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QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigating officer from a probe into the alleged irregularities in the appointments of civil servants by the Balochistan Public Service Commission (BPSC). A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Jamal Mandokhail and Justice Ghulama Mustafa Mengal, was hearing the petition lodged […]

Written by September 25, 2012

Pakistani radio show uses mothers and clerics to undercut Taliban

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PESHAWAR: Slowly, Ziarat Bibi recalled the last words she spoke to her son, her pain seeming to fill the dimly lit radio studio. “He was preparing for his exam. I told him to pick up his books,” she said, as transmitters beamed her grief to listeners across northwest Pakistan. A Taliban bomb killed her son […]

Written by September 19, 2012

India interrupts FM Radio Mirpur transmission: Senate panel informed

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BY: WAQAR LILLAH India has interrupted transmission of FM Radio Mirpur of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and transmitted its broadcast through high-powered FM transmitter, Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting was informed on Wednesday. The committee expressed displeasure over the negligence of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation for not bringing the incident into the notice of […]

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