Afridi says no soft corner for land grabbers
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Affairs Shehryar Khan Afridi has said that the national security is one of the top priority of the incumbent government and there is no compromise in this regard.…
IHC stops CDA from sealing TV channel’s building
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday stopped Capital Development Authority (CDA) from sealing office building of Bol TV network and referred the matter to another bench. Justice Athar Minallah of IHC…
PEMRA warns TV channels to air Azaan five times a day
ISLAMABAD: A final warning had been issued to 45 TV channels by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to telecast Azaan five times a day, a local media house reported. It was…
TV channel claims to have employed first ever trangender news anchor
A local news channel, Kohenoor News, on Friday claimed to have employed the first transgender, Maavia Malik, as a news anchor in the country. Fashion model turned news anchor Maavia for the…
Punjab CM orders report about torture of elderly couple
TV footage shows police beating up couple, drag them through street LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has taken notice of the news-item aired on different TV channels regarding torturing of an…
Pakistani media on alert after TV channel’s libel defeat in British court
A libel victory in a British court has posed a major challenge to the bare-knuckle style of Pakistani television channels that specialise in wild attacks on public figures, often at the behest…
Seven dead as suicide bomber hits Afghan TV channel bus
A suicide car bomber targeted a van carrying journalists working for a private Afghan television channel on Wednesday, killing seven people during evening rush hour close to the national parliament in Kabul,…