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Pemra’s censorship

A REGULATOR that is supposed to be independent continues to play its biased role of censoring political voices that fall out of favour with the establishment. Whereas the role of…

Pemra’s latest assault

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…

Pemra Policing

Pemra policing

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), of late, appears more energised. It has stepped up surveillance to enforce its revised and reinvigorated Code of Conduct, 2015 and to rein…

The Pemra Mess

The Pemra mess

The regulation of TV and radio channels is a subject of direct relevance to all citizens. Electronic media have been allowed to become an informative but distortive, often incoherent determinant…

Pemra Protects The Sacred Cows

Pemra protects the sacred cows

According to a news report in the Guardian covering the recently concluded annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Prime Minister David Cameron bumped into the newspaper’s political cartoonist, Steve Bell.…

Pemra Protects The Sacred Cows

Pemra protects the sacred cows

According to a news report in the Guardian covering the recently concluded annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Prime Minister David Cameron bumped into the newspaper’s political cartoonist, Steve Bell.…

Unplanned future

The past few years were spent in electioneering and in the wrangling between various political parties. While the lower segment of society faced a miserable time due to inflation and…

Targeting upright judges

IT can’t get more sordid than this. The judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) who dared to speak out against the interference of intelligence agencies in judicial matters are…

Silencing the press

THANK goodness journalist Asad Toor was finally released on bail on Saturday. But his ordeal is not over as he battles numerous charges under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act…

An inconvenient freedom

THIS Monday, Pakistan’s media regulator took aim at one of its top news channels and pulled the trigger. As of writing this, ARY News has reportedly been taken off air across the country. Representatives…