KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has restrained filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, from making any defamatory statement against Dawn Chief Executive Officer Hameed Haroon. The single bench of the SHC headed by Justice Agha Faisal issued

ISLAMABAD: Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights will take up the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) move to regulate web TV and over the top (OTT) content services in its next meeting on

LAHORE: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has opposed the government’s proposed advertising policy, terming the state of media freedom in the country alarming. The CPNE said in a statement after a meeting of its standing committee on Sunday that imposing restrictions on

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regula­tory Authority (Pemra) has refused the reports regarding draft consultation on regulating the Web TV and Over the Top TV (OTT) Content Services in Pakistan. In a statement issued by

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 meeting being held on February 10 and all the stakeholders, including Pemra, Ministry of Human […]

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 to mainstream TV and Web TV, this is part

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

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, miraculously

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 Electronic Crimes Act. Now, Pemra seems determined to deliver the final