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Pak media watchdog bans coverage of 11 persons critical of military and previous governmentAdil Farooq Raja is a former Army major who lives in the UK and has been extremely critical of the Army because of the treatment meted out ...
Pakistan media regulatory body seals offices of two more cable operators for airing Indian contentIn a statement, the PEMRA said its regional office in Multan conducted "surprise inspections" in Muzaffargarh and surrounding areas and sea...
Pakistan media regulatory body cracks down on cable operators airing Indian contentThe Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) field staff conducted raids at four cable operators "for airing illegal Indian c...
Bihar elections: Exit poll ban applies to astrologers, tarot readers, analysts too, says ECThe advisory was first issued on March 30, 2017 in which the poll watchdog cited Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act.
PCI asks print media to stop publicity, advertisement of AYUSH-related claims for COVID-19 cureIn an order on Wednesday, the Ministry of Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) had directed all ...
Pakistan bans media coverage of Valentine's Day celebrationsThe Islamabad High Court, in a verdict passed, had prohibited the celebration of Valentine's Day (on February 14) in public spaces and gove...
Press Council wants social media under its ambitThe chairman of PCI, CK Prasad said that social media uses the "same alphabet" as print media, so it should also come under the PCI.
Notice to Pak TV channel for airing 'hate speech' against PMAccording to the details, a guest speaker, who appeared on a programme 'The Reporter' on Thursday, termed a recent statement of Sharif as "...
Pakistan TV channel aired fake audio clip of crashed PIA flight?The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight crashed into a hillside after one of its two turboprop engines failed while travelling fro...
Pakistan suspends Nickelodeon's licence for airing Indian contentTensions are also running high between the two countries following the Uri terror attack and India's retaliatory surgical strikes across th...
Pakistan regulator to penalise illegal airing of Indian channelsPemra chief Absar Alam said that strict action will be taken against all those TV Channels which have been continually violating the code o...
Poll campaign bulk SMS, recorded messages come under EC lensThe Commission made it clear that as per law, the medium of SMS "is also part of electronic media by definition".
Pakistan NGO's signature campaign seeks ban on Indian channelsAlthough not legal but Indian entertainment and news channels are freely aired by cable operators particularly in Karachi.
V K Singh apologises to media with a caveatArguing that he never used the word for the entire press, Singh said he believes that 90 per cent of the media is doing its job with respon...
Home Ministry pulled up by EC over 1984 compensation issueEC questioned why MHA had not denied media reports about fresh compensation to 1984 riot victims & said it led to an impression that decisi...
- Self-regulation is no regulation: Markandey Katju, Press Council of India
'Self regulation' as practised by the electronic media is a 'ploy' to escape accountability, Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Marka...
- Government to amend IPC to criminalise private sector graft
The Centre plans to bring an amendment to the Indian Penal Code to make corruption in private sector a criminal offence