ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has cleared the air over thenews spread in media that LHC has banned the speeches of Sharif family.
SC expressed anger over fake news that Lahore High Court (LHC) has barredTV channels from airing ‘alleged anti-judiciary speeches’ of PakistanMuslim League Nawaz (PMLN) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and his daughterMaryam Nawaz.
As per details, SC resumed hearing of sou motu notice pertaining to LHC’sban and termed the fake news as second ‘attack on judiciary’.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar—during hearing—remarkedthat every newspaper had printed the aforementioned news. “Let us knowwhere order of ban is written in the verdict”, CJP remarked while adding,“Fake news was aired on all TV channels”.
“[Judiciary] suffered an attack earlier while second attack was launched byairing fake news”, remarked CJP.
CJ remarked airing of fake news tantamount to denigrate judiciary and thatnews was quoted out of the context.
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) interim chairmanalso appeared in the court. CJP inquired PEMRA chairman about action takenagainst media outlets over airing fake news.
“There are several complains pending before PEMRA since 2017. What actionPEMRA has taken against the complains being media-regulator?”, inquiredJustice Ijazul Ehsan.
“Will any outsider apprise PEMRA about their [assigned] duties? Courtissued a different verdict while channel aired another version of theverdict”, stated Justice Azmat Saeed.