a. State-owned PBC and PTV do not come within the purview of PEMRA. They are governed respectively, by the PBC Act, 1973 and the Companies

a. In keeping with well-established global practices also accepted by the Government of Pakistan and the Election Commission of Pakistan and as applied during several

a. In one of the preceding sections of these Recommendations i.e. Section 3 “Through civil society networks”, we have noted and recommended that the non-official

a. As the principal participants and protagonists in the Elections phase, the political parties of the country and the several hundreds of candidates seeking votes

a. During its short yet significant tenure, the Caretaker Government has a formidable responsibility. In conditions of poor governance and frequent incidents of violence and

a. In the case of electronic media, PEMRA has a three-fold responsibility whose fulfillment should be overseen by ECP. (a) To ensure that license-holders of

1. Observations in this section of the Report are being noted only on those aspects of the media that are of direct relevance to TOR