Review of Pakistan Media Commission Report 2013 on News Media

New and alternative names for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

August 25, 2013

The Commission recommends that in order to reflect a re-structured Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, new and alternative names are also considered for this Ministry.

Reforms required in policies and actions should be addressed

August 25, 2013

Views held and expressed by civil society organizations, specially forums engaged with women’s empowerment, human rights, children’s rights, minorities’ rights and other advocacy groups about

Vital and essential role of state-owned electronic media

August 25, 2013

Thus, to recap: One view about TOR No. C is that, “Yes”, that the government and its instrumentalities have a valid right and role to be major players in electronic media and that this presence is entirely consistent with the

State media were heavily lop-sided in favor of the Government

September 9, 2013

For example, except for brief and notable exceptions in 1970, 1988-89, 1993 (during a Caretaker Government tenure) 1996-1997 (once again during a Caretaker Government tenure) when these three State media entities maintained a reasonable balance to provide coverage to all

Notable number of media professionals possess integrity and competence

August 26, 2013

The Commission would like to stress that, neither in the instances cited in Part-One of the Report dealing with TOR No. F nor in the above instances is there an intention to disregard the fact that there is a notable

TOR No. E

August 25, 2013

Code of Ethics – Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE)

September 9, 2013

The Code of Ethics of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE): 1. The Press shall avoid biased reporting or publication of unverified material, and avoid the expression of comments and conjecture as established fact. Generalization based on the behavior

Misuse of powers to control advertising and secret funds

August 26, 2013

One proprietor of a major media house stated that Government misused its powers on control of advertising and of secret funds to conduct character assassination of individuals such as himself and of his media group because of the independent policies

Misuse of powers to control advertising and secret funds

August 26, 2013

Hostility against independent journalism and editorial policy

August 26, 2013

They ascribe the reason for such hostility against them by the Government to their independent journalism and editorial policy in both print media and broadcast media. They stated that their media was often deprived of their fair share of Government-controlled

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