ISLAMABAD – A unified Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority is being createdwith merger of PEMRA and Press Council.

This was stated by Minister for Information and Broadcasting ChaudharyFawad Hussain during media interaction outside Parliament House inIslamabad today (Wednesday).

He said the merger would help save national resources and new regulatorybody would look after electronic, print and social media simultaneously.

The Minister said Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority would be a worldclass entity consisting of professionals and representatives from media.

Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said people would observe changes in the realm ofInformation and Broadcasting in coming days.

He said censorship in PTV has been done away with and it is now givingcoverage to opposition as well.

The Minister said PTV National would be converted into PTV Politics and itwould telecast live proceedings of the parliament, its committees and theprovincial assemblies.

He said this would help people give an idea about the performance ofelected representatives.

The Minister said a Review Committee on government ads has also been formed.

He said the Prime Minister had already given directions that there shouldbe no personal publicity at the expense of the public exchequer.

Chaudhary Fawad Hussain regretted that the opposition in the Senate stageda walk out today (Wednesday) without any justification.

He said, perhaps, the opposition wanted to avoid discussion on questionsrelating to advertisements of twenty-three billion rupees during tenure ofthe previous government.