Former ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has challenged the ban imposed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on the love coverage of former prime minister and PTI link Chairman Imran Khan’s speeches link in the Sindh and Lahore High Courts.
PTI link Sindh leader Ali Zaidi filed on Wednesday a constitutional petition in the SHC link, in which he argued that the PEMRA’s notification was illegal. “The ban link imposed on the live coverage link of Imran Khan’s speeches link amounts to a ban link on freedom of speech,” he said, and added, “Therefore, it is prayed to the court to not only declare the notification illegal but also suspend it until and unless the fate of this petition is decided.”
The ban link on Imran Khan’s speeches link also challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday.
Justice Anwaar Hussain of the LHC link Muhammad Khan Madni, the petitioner, to give arguments on the admissibility of the petition on the next date of the hearing.
The judge asked him to satisfy the court whether ‘freedom of expression’ was the right of the speaker only or also of the listener.