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Pakistani cinema is made up of various sub-industries, including Lollywood, which makes motion pictures in Urdu and Punjabi. Lollywood is one of the biggest film industries in the country. [4] Pakistani cinema includes films made in various Pakistani languages, which reflects the linguistic diversity of the country itself.
Ragni, S. Gul, Shammi, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Majeed. Drama. The film was released on 17 July 1950. Do Ansoo. Anwar Kamal Pasha. Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Shamim Bano, Ajmal, Allauddin. Drama. Film "Do Aansoo" was the first ever Urdu Silver Jubilee film in Pakistan. The film was released on 7 April 1950.
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Since 2002, the Pakistani media has become powerful and independent and the number of private television channels have grown from just three state-run channels in 2000 to 89 in 2012, according to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority. Most of the private media in Pakistan flourished under the Musharrafregime. Pakistan has a vibrant med...
The media in Pakistan dates back to pre-partition years of British India, where a number of newspapers were established to promote a communalistic or partition agenda. The newspaper Dawn, founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and first published in 1941, was dedicated to promoting for an independent Pakistan. The conservative newspaper, Nawa-i-Waqt, estab...
Since the introduction of these vibrant TV channels, many major corruption casesand scams have been unveiled by journalists. Notable among them are: 1. The Pakistan Steel MillsRs. 26 billion scam; 2. National Insurance Company Limitedscandal; 3. Bribery and corruption in Pakistan International Airlineswhich caused losses of $500 million; 4. Embezzl...
Support for creation of new media
In 2012–14, UPI Next with NearMedia LLC helped Pakistani journalists to create PakPolWiki, an online resource for coverage of the national elections, and Truth Tracker, a fact-checking website. In this project, the team held learning sessions across the country and conducted individual mentoring for journalists to produce stories that meet national and international standards. NearMedia continued the effort with a project for 2014-15 that, in partnership with Media Foundation 360, launched Ne...
Pakistan - US Journalists Exchange Program
Since 2011, the East-West Center (EWC), headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, have been organising the annual Pakistan - United States Journalists Exchange program. It was launched and designed to increase and deepen public understanding of the two countries and their important relationship, one that is crucial to regional stability and the global war on terrorism. While there have been many areas of agreement and cooperation, deep mistrust remains between the two, who rarely get opportunities t...
International Center for Journalists
In 2011, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), a non-profit, professional organisation located in Washington, D.C.launched the U.S. - Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism program, a multi-year program which will bring 230 Pakistani media professionals to the United States and send 70 U.S. journalists to Pakistan. Journalists will study each other's cultures as they are immersed in newsrooms in each country. The program will include events and opportunities to experience...
History
The first step in introducing media laws in the country was done by the then military ruler and President Ayub Khan who promulgated the Press and Publication Ordinance (PPO) in 1962. The law empowered the authorities to confiscate newspapers, close down news providers, and arrest journalists. Using these laws, Ayub Khan nationalised large parts of the press and took over one of the two largest news agencies. The other agencies was pushed into severe crisis and had to seek financial support fr...
Legal framework
Though Pakistani media enjoy relative freedom compared to some of its South Asian neighbours, the industry was subjected to many undemocratic and regressive laws and regulations. The country was subjected to alternating military and democratic rule - but has managed to thrive on basic democratic norms. Though the Pakistani media had to work under military dictatorships and repressive regimes, which instituted many restrictive laws and regulations for media in order to 'control' it, the media...
The first television station began broadcasting from Lahore on 26 November 1964. Television in Pakistan remained the government's exclusive control until 1990 when Shalimar Television Network (STN) and Network Television Marketing (NTM) launched Pakistan's first private TV channel. Mr. Yasin Joyia was the first General Manager of (NTM), Which was s...
The government-owned Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) was formed on 14 August 1947, the day of Pakistani independence. It was a direct descendant of the Indian Broadcasting Company, which later became All India Radio. At independence, Pakistan had radio stations in Dhaka, Lahore, and Peshawar. A major programme of expansion saw new stations ...
The indigenous movie industry, based in Lahore and known as "Lollywood", produces roughly forty feature-length films a year.[citation needed] In 2008 the Pakistani government partially lifted its 42-year ban on screening Indian movies in Pakistan. On 27 April 2016 Maalikbecame the first Pakistani film to be banned by the Federal Government after be...
In 1947, only four major Muslim-owned newspapers existed in the area now called Pakistan: Pakistan Times, Zamindar, Nawa-i-Waqt, and Civil-Military Gazette. A number of Muslim papers and their publishers moved to Pakistan, including Dawn, which began publishing daily in Karachi in 1947, the Morning News, and the Urdu-language dailies Jang and Anjam...
Prior to 2002, News Agencies in Pakistan were completely unregulated. Established under the Press Council of Pakistan Ordinance in October 2002, the body operates on a semi-autonomous nature along with an Ethical Code of Practice signed by President Musharraf. It is mandated with multi-faceted tasks that range from protection of press freedom to re...
Aug 13, 2021 · The 1960s saw the first colour films made in Pakistan. This marked what is considered to be the golden age of the country’s cinema. In September 1965, a complete ban was imposed on Indian films. As a result, audiences increased for Pakistani films. The 1970s brought a wealth of new talent to Pakistan. Sangeeta is the stage name of a popular ...
- Anya Kordecki
The way Pakistan Cinema 1947-1997 is structured makes it abundantly clear that its author’s exploration of the subject is informed by his interest in the country’s broader sociopolitical circumstances. The book has six chapters. Starting with Cinema Before Partition, each of its remaining chapters correspond to a single decade between 1947 ...
The initial inspirations, for both Indian and Pakistani cinema, were Nineteenth-century Parsi theatre which was comprised of songs and dances, Urdu poetry, Victorian melodrama, and folk tales of sub-continent (Mooij 2006). Since Partition Indian film industry has a continuous progression, and has achieved the status of
The Pakistan Film Industry, also named as ‘Lollywood’, had been producing an average of 100 films per year, in the 1970s and 1980s. More than 125 films were produced in the peak year of 1970 and the number of cinema houses was touching 1,300 1. The number of films and their production value had been deteriorating in the last two decades ...
