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ARY News transmission: Resumption notice to be issued today

July 22, 2014

ISLAMABAD: The letter for resumption ARY News transmission will be issued on Monday (today), Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and Ministry of Information has assured protesting Journalist Unions, Cable operators, ARY News reported. The delegations of Journalist Unions which include PFUJ, RUJ and IUJ and Cable Operators met PEMRA officials and Information minister Pervaiz Rasheed and raised the issue

ARY News closure: PFUJ protests outside Pemra office

July 11, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Journalists under the aegis of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) today staged a protest demonstration outside Pemra office against closure of ARY News in some cities, ARY News reported Thursday. The protest demonstration was held against unfair practice of Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (Pemra) of blocking ARY news transmission. Protesting journalists attempted to enter the Pemra

Geo should be run on its April 19 position, orders LHC

July 11, 2014

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court remarked on Thursday that cable operators had no authority whatsoever to block any channel. Geo News was shut down in extraordinary circumstances, but the Supreme Court has ordered its restoration and the cable operators will have to follow the order of the top court. Justice Ijazul Ahsan made these remarks while hearing a petition of

Cable operators can’t block any channel on their own: SHC

July 10, 2014

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday observed that cable operators had no right to close the transmission of any channel on their own. Hearing identical petitions filed by the Independent Media Corporation (IMC) against non-restoration of Geo News transmission after the lapse of the suspension order of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the SHC’s division bench, headed

Authority still unable to implement decisions regarding channels’ placement

July 9, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Following its failure to convince cable operators to stop arbitrarily moving private TV channels’ positions, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday issued warnings to cable operators, ordering them to follow the regulator’s directives. A press note issued by the electronic media regulator says, “Pemra has strictly warned cable network operators to refrain from any activity that

Cable operators offer lame excuse of security threat

July 9, 2014

ISLAMABAD: In response to the cable operators’ bogus excuses that they cannot show Geo because of security threats, a Jang Group spokesman has come up with a rejoinder. The spokesman said it is a bogus excuse and a total lie. The incident in Sadiqabad was also totally stage-managed to create this excuse. No one threatens these cable operators when they

Khankah Dogran people protest

July 8, 2014

KHANKAH DOGRAN: People here on Monday protested against suspension of Geo News transmission for the last four days. They said Geo News transmission was restored earlier on July 1, but was suspended again on July 4. When people called the city cable network offices to know the reasons for suspension of the Geo News transmission again, they were told that

Pemra issues 15-day notice to cable operators: minister

July 8, 2014

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had issued notices to cable operators to ensure smooth and unchanged transmission of TV channels within 15 days in line with the Supreme Court’s order. If the cable operators did not follow the rules, the minister cautioned, their licences

Restoring Geo TV Pemra’s responsibility, says Kh Asif

July 7, 2014

SIALKOT: Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif has said whatever the decision the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had given according to its mandate, it was the responsibility of Pemra to get this decision implemented and restore the transmission even if the cable operators were not accepting it. While talking to the Geo News, he said the bitter reality was

ARY News transmission: Resumption notice to be issued today

ARY News closure: PFUJ protests outside Pemra office

Geo should be run on its April 19 position, orders LHC

Cable operators can’t block any channel on their own: SHC

Authority still unable to implement decisions regarding channels’ placement

Cable operators offer lame excuse of security threat

Khankah Dogran people protest

Pemra issues 15-day notice to cable operators: minister

Restoring Geo TV Pemra’s responsibility, says Kh Asif

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