PEMRA orders cable operators to block the transmissions of ARY News channel across country
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog suspended ARY News, a mainstream TV channel on Monday.
Cable operators were told by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to block the transmission of ARY News “till further notice.”
It was reported that a formal show cause notice has also been served to the broadcaster, accusing it of airing false, hateful, and seditious content.
The media watchdog maintained that airing such hate speech on news channels shows either a weak editorial in the content or the licensee is intentionally indulged in providing its platform to such individuals who intend to spread malice and hatred against the state institution for their vested interest.
The officials of the private news channel told a foreign news service that it had been blocked as the channel aired a segment considered critical of the incumbent government.
Meanwhile, ARY founder and CEO Salman Iqbal, said the news channel gets shut down just because we reported a ‘true story’.
