ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday asked the government to immediately ban Indian channels being telecast by cable operators across the country.
The committee, which met here with Senator Liaquat Ali Bangulzai in the chair, said that the cable operators were freely screening Indian films and dramas. It again recommended ban on the Indian channels until ban was withdrawn on Pakistani channels by the other side.
The meeting — held here to discuss the issues of the Press Information Department (PID) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has asked the government to immediately ban broadcasting of the Indian TV channels in Pakistan.
A Senate body meeting, presided over by Committee Chairman Liaquat Ali Bangulzai, was held here on Monday. Senators Tariq Azeem, Tahir Latif, Nilofar Bakhtiar, Javed Leghari, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Muhammad Ali Durrani, Haji Adeel Ahmed, Naseer Mengal and Information Secretary Ashfaq Gondal attended the meeting.
Taking strict notice of the absence of Information Minister Sherry Rehman in the meeting, the committee chairman asked her to ensure her presence in …

The latest wave of pop music has swept the city’s young off their feet and the sale of musical instruments, especially guitars, has risen sharply, indicated a Daily Times survey. The city’s leading instrument shops, which previously sold between 50 and 60 guitars a month, have registered a five-fold increase with sales touching 250 a month.
Music World, a shop in the heart of Tibbi City, frequented by the likes of Mehdi Hassan, Aziz Mian Qawal, Atta Ullah and Ustad Fateh Ali, has seen business pick up dramatically. Its owner, Zubair …