Anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood has approached the High Court to seek bail before arrest in PTV corruption case. The coordinator of Shahid Masood submitted the bail plea in the court on behalf of the anchorperson. Mr. Masood has requested the court to suspend his arrest warrants and stop FIA from arresting him when he comes…

By: Adil Tanoli A civil judge has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood in PTV corruption case. Amir Aziz, a senior civil judge, issued arrest warrants on the request of FIA for Mr. Masood’s alleged involvement in the embezzlement of Rs.38 million from PTV. The anchorperson, as PTV chairman, allegedly signed an…

Marriyum Aurangzeb says it was her decision not to air PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s speech on PTV. The federal minister for information and broadcasting spoke to the media outside the accountability court on Friday. According to her, it was a talk with journalists, which is why it was not directly broadcast. A journalist asked her…

After the prime minister attended the National Security Council’s meeting a day earlier, he spoke to media but the speech was never aired on PTV. Mysteriously, neither does the information minister nor the prime minister have a satisfactory response as to why the press talk was not broadcast.

SAMAA’s senior anchorperson Nadeem Malik has spoken out against censoring speeches of former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Mr Malik remarks came after TV channels, including state-run Pakistan Television, censored a part of Nawaz Sharif’s speech during a seminar in Islamabad. “Nawaz Sharif shouldn’t be treated the way MQM’s founder Altaf Hussain was. A leader…

ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan defended his party’s NA-154 candidate Ali Tareen on Wednesday, alleging that PML-N had spent money to win the by-election.  PTI chief Imran Khan arrived at the Anti-Terrorism Court on Thursday to attend a hearing pertaining to the SSP Asmatullah torture case. Stringent security measures were taken ahead of Imran Khan’s…

ISLAMABAD: PML-N President and former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that many secrets lay hidden behind Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail in the 2014 PTV attack case.  Speaking to media personnel outside the accountability court where Nawaz had appeared alongside Maryam and Captain (r) to attend the NAB corruption references hearing, the…

RAWALPINDI: PTV’s Director Information Technology, Fakhar Hameed and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances, on Wednesday. According to details, bodies of the husband and wife were found from their house in Rawalpindi. Police stated that there were no torture marks on both bodies after a post-mortem had been conducted. Police further stated that…

PESHAWAR: A fire that erupted in the offices of Pakistan Television (PTV) Centre here during wee hours of Friday has been doused, firefighting officials said. The officials said the fire gutted equipment of worth millions of rupees. “The fire broke out in the design section of the building,”  general manager of Pakistan Television (PTV) Peshawar,…

ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad on Wednesday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Chief Imran Khan till January 2, in four cases related to attacks on PTV and Parliament buildings during sit-in of 2014. ATC Judge Shahrukh Arjamand announced the judgement in a plea filed by PTI chairman seeking extension in…

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Law Minister Zahid Hamid has resigned from his post on Sunday late night, state-run TV confirmed. According to state-run TV, Zahid Hamid submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Hamid’s decision to resign as the law minister to pull the country out of crisis. He will also release a detailed statement. –…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Television (PTV) reported that the transmission of all private news channel will be restored in a while, Samaa reported.  It is pertinent to mention that the transmission of news channels including Samaa TV, went off air when the clashes between security forces and protesters intensified across Pakistan. The decision of banning the television…

Pakistan Television (PTV) stopped televising the speech of Awami Muslim League (AML) President Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed in which he criticized newly elected Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Television (PTV) anchor resigned on Wednesday after the state-run channel failed to address her harassment complaint a male director. “I regret that the higher management of PTV chose to save one person over the reputation of PTV… so I find it very difficult to continue working,” Tanzeela Mazhar wrote in her resignation…

By: Omair Alavi It has been 16 years since Malika e Tarannum Noor Jehan passed away, leaving her fans and followers heart-broken; imagining a Pakistan without Madam was just not something to look forward to. She delivered countless hits – both filmi and non filmi – during her career and proved to her detractors in…

ISLAMABAD: Famous television director and broadcaster Agha Nasir died here in Islamabad on Tuesday. He was 89. His Namaz-e- Janaza would be held in Islamabad after Namaz-e-Asr today. Agha Nasir was one of the Pakistan’s legend and one of the oldest directors and had been associated with the Pakistan television for long time. He was…

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) head Sheikh Rashid Ahmed slammed Information and Broadcasting Minister Pervaiz Rashid for “his decision to blackout opposition’s speeches on state-run Pakistan Television (PTV).” “The day Pervaiz Rashid speaks the truth will be his last day in politics,” Ahmed said while addressing the joint session of Parliament. He also praised National…

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) head Sheikh Rashid tabled a privilege motion against Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid in National Assembly on Monday over opposition’s blackout on state-run Pakistan Television (PTV). Pervaiz Rashid has misled the house on the issue of PTV’s blackout of opposition’s speeches, reads the privilege motion. The information minister deliberately ordered…

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, is going to address the nation today live from his Bani Gala residence on Panama leaks, Samaa reported Sunday. The government has turned down his request for broadcast of his address on the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV). Party sources say all arrangements have been finalized for Khan’s address…

LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq today rejected Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid’s claim that he had barred the live coverage of opposition’s speeches in the ongoing session. “I did not stop Pakistan Television from telecasting the speeches of opposition members,” Sadiq told SAMAA TV. His remarks came a day after Pervaiz Rashid maintained that the…

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that his party had begun preparations to lay a siege around Raiwand House over Panama leaks. Khan said that PTI would take to streets if governemnt failed to set up a high-powered commission to investigate allegations of offshore wealth of Sharif family. Watch details in our report.