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Pemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...

The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...

Local news channel claims to have hired first transgender news anchor

Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...

Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...

Pemra serves notices to ARY, Bol News over 'fake' news regarding cabinet reshuffle

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued show-cause notices to ARY News and Bol News for airing news items regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in the portfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday...

The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possible reshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State for Interior held by Asad Umar...

News channels go off air, Facebook and YouTube blocked in parts of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday afternoon issued a notification prohibiting live coverage of the operation to end the Faizabad sit-in, following which most private news channels were taken off-air in Islamabad and other parts of the country...

"This channel is suspended on orders of Pemra," read a message appearing on multiple news channels...

NEWS BRIEF : Pakistan cricketers return from BD tour

KARACHI: Several members of Pakistan cricket team returned home here on Monday evening from Bangladesh after the month-long tour where they won the two-Test series 1-0 but lost the three-match One-day series 3-0 besides losing the one-off Twenty20 clash in Dhaka...

Panama president admits to offshore company in Pakistan and other unbreakable news

Panama City: According to an un-leaked set of papers which were to be leaked along with the notorious Panama Papers (but weren’t), the president of Panama, Jean-Claude Van Damme, has an off-shore company in Pakistan...

This news was broken by one of Panama’s leading media groups, the Panama Leading Media Group (PLMG)...

NEWS BRIEF : Intikhab appointed Pakistan team manager

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and coach Intikhab Alam was on Monday appointed Pakistan cricket team manager after Naveed Akram Cheema stepped down due to his appointment as chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission...

Sources told Dawn that Intikhab’s appointment was made after Cheema had confirmed to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that he will be unable to travel with the national team for its tour of Zimbabwe which...

News Zealand loses Taylor, Latham; trails Pakistan by 106

New Zealand lost established Ross Taylor and Tom Latham before reaching 222-4 at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan...

Early trend at World Cup is bad news for Pakistan

NOTTINGHAM: A trend seems to be developing at the World Cup and it isn’t great news for Pakistan...

Pakistan’s batsmen left alone much of the short stuff, and often were ruffled when they looked to take it on...

Facebook blocks live streaming of PBC news bulletins over Kashmir posts: Radio Pakistan

Facebook has blocked live streaming of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation's (PBC) news bulletins for highlighting Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday...

However, temporary arrangements have been made to continue live streaming of Radio Pakistan's bulletins on YouTube, the report added...

Fact check: Indian news outlets duped by fake Twitter account of Pakistan's health ministry

As authorities battle against the novel coronavirus — which has so far infected 21 people in Pakistan — they also need to address the flow of fake news that is feeding national paranoia by spreading disinformation...

An example is a fake Twitter account @MinHealthpk, which is designed to look like Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services and has become a source of headlines in the Indian media...

'Good news in the offing': New Zealand rescheduling Pakistan tour, Ramiz Raja tells Senate body

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has hinted at "good news" in the coming week, saying the New Zealand cricket board was working on a new schedule to tour Pakistan after it abandoned the series last month citing "security threats"...

The New Zealand cricket team had arrived in Pakistan on September 11 for the first time in 18 years to play three ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals...

Supreme Court hopeful of ‘good news’ ahead of Pakistan’s World Cup semi-final clash with New Zealand

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday looked forward to “receiving good news” from the Pakistan cricket team as the top court expressed excitement over the upcoming thriller T20 World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and New Zealand...

Towards the end of the hearing today, government counsel Makhdoom Ali Khan brought up Pakistan’s miraculous qualification to the semi-final of the T20 World Cup...

Younis Khan shocked by earthquake news

KARACHI: Pakistan’s record-breaking batsman Younis Khan has offered his deepest condolences and support to the families of people who lost their lives and property in the devastating earthquake that jolted the country on Monday afternoon...

Talking to Dawn fom Dubai after Pakistan’s sensational victory over England in the second Test, Younis said that he alongwith the entire national cricket team were stunned by the tragic news of the...

Smokers’ Corner: World of the news

Well, such is the pressure on TV reporters to produce dramatic news on a constant basis...

” He also informed that the repetitive swashing sounds heard during breaking news (Shoosh! Shoosh!) are also taken out by TV channel personnel...