ISLAMABAD – Dr. Amir Liaquat has been banned from appearing on Pakistanitelevision, again, by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority(PEMRA) for 30 days.
The authority has already sent a notification to Dr. Amir, barring him frommaking another TV appearance within the aforementioned period. Hisshows, *RamzanMain Bol *and *Aisa Nahi Chalay Ga *have been prohibited from gettingcoverage on national television.
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The notification reads:
Dr. Aamir Liaquat took a video call from Gujrat, India, wherein the callerquestioned about the Caliphate of Hazrat Ali, RA. The content was airedlive, un-edited and without any delay.
While highlighting the anchor’s past activities, that mainly consisted offake publicity via giving rise to controversies, the paras state that healso used immoral language which is highly unacceptable in the Muslimworld. PEMRA says that he continuously causes “unwarranted drama” over themedia, which hurts sentiments of Pakistan citizens, in order to boostratings.
Dr. Amir Liaquat Hussain, questioned Dr. Zakir Naik, intentionally andunnecessarily maligned last Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), throughsuch words which any sensible Muslim, cannot even think about and the samecannot be even written here in this letter.
After giving rise to this situation, Dr. Amir left the scene on nationaltelevision, “leaving the live platform for the guests Ulemas who exchangedquite harsh arguments referring to some conspiracy.”
This is not the first time Dr. Amir Liaquat is getting banned by PEMRA, hisprevious ban occurred because of his “hate speech” on media channels.