ISLAMABAD – PEMRA Authority in its 148th meeting held Friday here approvedgrant of Landing Rights Permission to M/s Indigo Entertainment (Pvt.) Ltd.Lahore for foreign satellite TV channel “BBC World News”.The Authority also granted non-commercial satellite TV licence inspecialized subject category to Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU),Islamabad and issued non-commercial FM Radio licence to Al-Hamd IslamicUniversity, Quetta.An IPTV distribution service licence was also granted to SpecialCommunication Organization (SCO) for Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region.The Authority cancelled three FM Radio Broadcast Licenses issued to M/s.Radio Hot (Pvt.) Ltd., Quetta for Nasirabad, Sibi and Chaghi on their ownrequest,. Request of M/s Cellevision (Pvt.) Ltd. for surrendering of MobileTV and Mobile Audio Licences was also approved.The Authority also granted approval for change in management of N-Vibe TVand FM Radio licence from M/s. Sanjh Preet (Pvt.) Ltd. Attock to M/s.GASHERBRUM (Pvt.) Ltd, Skardu.
To deliberate and review the revised annual PEMRA Budget for F.Y.2018/19and budget estimates for F.Y 2019-20, the Authority constituted a committeeto review the budget and furnish its recommendations in next meeting.The Authority meeting was chaired by the Chairman PEMRA Muhammad SaleemBaig. Other Members including Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan Chairman FBR, Maj.Gen.(R) Amir Azeem Bajwa, Chairman PTA, Shafqat Jalil, SecretaryInformation and Broadcasting, Major (R) Azam Suleman Khan, SecretaryInterior, Ms. Nargis Nasir, Member Punjab, Ms. Shaheen Habibullah, MemberKP, Sarfaraz Khan Jatoi Member Sindh, and Ashfaq Jumani, ExecutiveMember PEMRA were also present in the meeting.
