PEMRA News
Shehbaz government has suffered a major setback. Pakistan High Court has quashed the decision to ban Imran Khan's speeches. High Court has stayed the decision of PEMRA.
Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog launched a severe crackdown on several cable operators
PEMRA conducted raids at four cable operators for airing ‘illegal Indian channels’
Four cable operators faced crackdown in Karachi
It said that Imran Khan has made aspersions against state institutions by levelling `baseless` allegations of orchestrating an assassination plan, the report said. "Contents of his speeches are being rebroadcast on various TV channels in their talk shows and news bulletins without any editorial oversight," it observed.
Pakistan's electronic media watchdog PEMRA on Saturday prohibited television channels from broadcasting or rebroadcasting ousted premier Imran Khan's speeches or media talks.
A notification issued by PEMRA states that it has been receiving numerous complaints from viewers
The complaint is that the dramas are not depicting 'true picture of Pakistani society'
Amid Pakistan government crackdown on Hafiz Saeed's JuD, the country's Supreme Court has barred private channels from airing Indian films and television shows.
It underlines how selectively touchy the post-Zia Pakistani state machinery can get.
It also advised all satellite TV channels to adhere to the code of conduct and avoid airing fake news reports/items picked from social media in order to hold the basic professional standard and their credibility.
The Pemra decision is largely seen as a tit-for-tat move after a similar action by some channels and the entertainment industry in India against Pakistani content and artists
The controversy surrounding ban on Pakistani artistes working in India has taken the country by storm, with recently Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator (PEMRA) also banning all Indian content on television and radio.
After the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) imposed a ban on all Pakistani artistes working in India, now Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator approves blanket ban on Indian content, reportedly.
The quantum of airtime for Indian content in Pakistan will mimic the format India has adopted for the airing of Pakistani content, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has said.
Pakistan bans broadcast of all Indian channels on cable after India's surgical strike in Pakistan Occupied kashmir (PoK).
The PEMRA chairman said action against the dealers of Indian DTH would be launched with immediate effect.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif recently had detailed talks with President Obama on terrorism.
The idea of sex itself is taboo in Pakistan, a daily said Wednesday, adding: "We need to talk about why it is so".
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