The Pakistan Polio Control Cell wins Asia CSR Excellence Award 2009 Pakistani media makes history by becoming the first broadcaster in Asia to win the Excellence Award at the 7th annual Asian Forum on CSR 2009. Manila, Philippines 20 November - The Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) announced the winners of the AFCSR Award 2009 at a grand gala award ceremony held in Manila, Philippines. Pakistan marked a new page in the history of Corporate Social Responsibility by receiving the excellence award in CSR. The award ... Read More

Amir Jahangir Represents Pakistan at the 5th AIB Awards 2009 in London The Association for International Broadcasters (AIB) held its 5th award ceremony at a gala evening in London. For the first time in the history of the awards, a representative of the Pakistani media industry was part of the exclusive international jury. Amir Jahangir, Chief Executive Officer of SAMAA TV, one of Pakistan's leading Urdu news channels was among the 20-jury members, which included leading international media and business representatives from across the world. The Association for International Broadcasters ... Read More

HEC, SAMAA 'Cultivating Hope' against terrorism The Higher Education Commission (HEC) and SAMAA Television signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday for launching an educational program entitled “Cultivating Hope”, which aims to empower youth in creating, debating and finding solutions to the increasing extremism in Pakistan. One of the key activities of the program is an Inter-University Documentary Competition across Pakistan. Prof. Dr. Sohail Naqvi, Executive Director, HEC and Mr. Amir Jahangir, CEO, SAMAA TV signed the MoU. Dr. Javaid R. ... Read More