ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has taken notice of a proposal by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to regulate web TV and over-the-top (OTT) content services. “I have decided to discuss the issue in upcoming committee
LAST month, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority invited comments on a draft resolution on Web TV and OTT (over the top TV). A cursory or detailed look lead to the same conclusion: rather than supposedly providing a level-playing field
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed a fine of Rs1 million on a private TV channel for airing defamatory content against Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development Sayed
BADIN – Two persons were injured as some miscreants attacked the house of a senior journalist here on Saturday. According to reports, some miscreants attacked the house of editor of magazine, ‘Paegam-e-Ahmed’, Abdul Majeed Mallah. The senior journalist, Abdul Majeed Mallah,
AS the space for freedoms of information, speech and expression continues to shrink rapidly in Pakistan, the internet is still seen as the last refuge for independent voices despite the arbitrary and ever-expanding censorship regime unleashed by the Prevention of
KARACHI: The Dawn chief executive officer, Hameed Haroon, on Wednesday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, for making “defamatory statements” against him. Mr Haroon through his lawyer filed a suit in the
ISLAMABAD: A total of 19 organisations and 36 prominent individuals have rejected a Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) proposal to regulate internet television and over-the-top (OTT) content services. The critics described the proposal as an attempt to gag voices
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has taken notice of a proposal by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to regulate web TV and over-the-top (OTT) content services. “I have decided to discuss the issue in upcoming committee
LAST month, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority invited comments on a draft resolution on Web TV and OTT (over the top TV). A cursory or detailed look lead to the same conclusion: rather than supposedly providing a level-playing field
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed a fine of Rs1 million on a private TV channel for airing defamatory content against Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development Sayed
BADIN – Two persons were injured as some miscreants attacked the house of a senior journalist here on Saturday. According to reports, some miscreants attacked the house of editor of magazine, ‘Paegam-e-Ahmed’, Abdul Majeed Mallah. The senior journalist, Abdul Majeed Mallah,
AS the space for freedoms of information, speech and expression continues to shrink rapidly in Pakistan, the internet is still seen as the last refuge for independent voices despite the arbitrary and ever-expanding censorship regime unleashed by the Prevention of
KARACHI: The Dawn chief executive officer, Hameed Haroon, on Wednesday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, for making “defamatory statements” against him. Mr Haroon through his lawyer filed a suit in the
ISLAMABAD: A total of 19 organisations and 36 prominent individuals have rejected a Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) proposal to regulate internet television and over-the-top (OTT) content services. The critics described the proposal as an attempt to gag voices
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