Pakistan Coalition on Media Safety

Year: 2018

PEMRA takes notice of anti-army, anti-judiciary commentators

SLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has ‘taken notice’ of anti-military and anti-judiciary comments made by guests on two different private television channels. PEMRA sent letters of ‘advice’ to Aab Taak news and Bol News for airing anti-military and anti-judiciary comments. Aab Taak news found itself in trouble over the programme “Tonight with […]

PEMRA takes notice of Orya Maqbool Jan’s ‘derogatory remarks against Meesha Shafi

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has taken notice of Orya Maqbool Jan’s show on Neo TV, where he passed “derogatory remarks against Meesha Shafi.” The notice that was shared on PEMRA’s social media accounts reads: “It has been observed that “Neo TV” on 25.04.2018 aired programme titled ‘Harf-e-Raz’ from 11:03 to 11:56. […]

CJP orders judicial probe into alleged manhandling of journalists by police on World Press Freedom Day

Chief Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged manhandling of journalists by Islamabad police a day earlier. On World Press Freedom Day, which is observed on May 3, a group of journalists had marched towards Islamabad’s D-Chowk to protest restrictions placed on the media. They were, however, stopped […]

Mediamen express concerns on Press Freedom Day

MIRPUR (AJK) – The World Press Freedom Day was commemorated across Azad Jammu Kashmir on Thursday with the unanimous demand for the grant of complete freedom to the press around the globe. Special ceremonies were held in various parts of Azad Jammu Kashmir under the auspices of various journalists organisations and press clubs to observe […]

Press Freedom Day being observed today

Islamabad : Today is World Press Freedom Day which will be observed by around the world. There are many countries where freedom of the press is curtailed for various reasons, especially political ones and while the general public thinks there is enough freedom already, the press/media finds itself under pressure from different sources to stick […]