Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA)

April 19, 2024

Is Pemra’s directive aimed at curbing hate speech?

May 2, 2015

BY: MUBASHIR ZAIDI KARACHI: The latest order from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) warning private television channels to not broadcast what it called hate speech has once again caught the electronic media off-guard. Media managers and practitioners once again find themselves at a crossroads between military, political parties and the government. The warning was issued late Thursday night

CPNE, APNS say CCP action ‘arbitrary, unreasonable’

January 9, 2015

THE President of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Mujeebur Rehman Shami, and the President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Hameed Haroon have deplored the coercive actions initiated by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), against the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA). They have strongly questioned whether these actions constitute “reasonable” measures. They have urged the CCP to

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