Karachi-based theatre company Made for Stage Production's next play will be East is East, revealed the company's founder Nida Butt in a series of tweets...
But this production will be unlike their previous ones
Not just because she’s in the movie, but because she thinks that co-productions with any film industry of the world (the operative word being any) is a beneficial exercise: it gives us ‘new’ markets...
Given the context in which it has come, it is a case of better late than never: following the directives of the Supreme Court, on Thursday the Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Heritage issued the Electronic Media (Programmes and Advertisements) Code of Conduct, 2015...
Yet despite the formulation of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Rules 2009, it has felt as though media organisations and their employees...
During his wide-ranging speech, Zardari spoke about how social media is redefining politics and evolving as an effective political watchdog...
But when you speak of social media, social media also speaks of you...
Since the rise to power of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and the birth of judicial activism, there has hardly been a day when court proceedings have not featured prominently in the media, often grabbing top headlines and dominating the discourse in TV talk shows for weeks on end...
But increasingly, the media itself is becoming a part of judicial headlinesInterestingly enough, while Article 58-2(b) remained part of the...
KARACHI: All representative organisations and associations of media in-dustry — the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) — have rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) and termed the law behind it a...
KARACHI: A joint committee of media organisations in the country has unanimously rejected the government’s attempt to establish the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA)...
The committee comprises the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), All Pakistan Newspapers Society, Pakistan Broadcasters Association, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors...
Islamabad is the most dangerous place to be a journalist in Pakistan, according to media rights watchdog Freedom Network (FN) which has released its Press Freedom Barometer 2018 — monitored from May 1, 2017 to April 1 this year — to mark the International Press Freedom Day that falls on Thursday...
According to a press release issued by FN, the group has recorded over 150 cases of attacks and violations against media and its...
LONDON: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday there was “no question of gagging” journalists after being challenged about Pakistan’s record at a media freedom conference in London...
“Believe you me, there is no question of gagging or controlling media,” he told the conference co-hosted by Britain and Canada...
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday sentenced three men to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media...
According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which had investigated the case, Rana Nouman Rafaqat and Abdul Waheed operated fake profiles and disseminated blasphemous material on social media, while Nasir Ahmad had uploaded blasphemous videos to a Youtube channel...
Islamabad police is currently conducting an operation inside the Parliament Lodges, according to footage seen on DawnNewsTV...
Islamabad Inspector General of Police Muhammad Ahsan Younus took notice of the group's presence inside the lodges, according to a tweet posted from their official account...
Vital Signs singer turned evangelist turned fashion designer Junaid Jamshed made yet another blunder this past week as he appeared on a TV show and stated that "God dislikes that any woman should be named [in the Quran]...
"Cue furor: the internet blew up over the remark, calling it out for being misogynistic, irresponsible and just plain wrong
KARACHI: Despite being declared free men after serving their bans in the spot-fixing saga, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and seamer Mohammad Asif were prevented on Monday by a top Wapda team official from interacting with the media at the start of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match here at the National Stadium...
But the media personnel gathered at the stadium while anticipating the opportunity of talking to the tainted pair...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court ordered the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) on Monday to ensure a complete blackout of all activities of MQM chief Altaf Hussain in both electronic and print media...
A full bench of the court headed by Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi issued the order on three identical petitions seeking a ban on media coverage of Altaf Hussain’s speeches...
“The Republican establishment is incredulous that he's their most likely nominee,” Obama told attendees at the black-tie event, which brought together journalists and media moguls with Hollywood stars and power brokers from Capitol Hill and beyond...