ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog suspended ARY News, amainstream TV channel on Monday.
Cable operators were told by the Pakistan Electronic Media RegulatoryAuthority (PEMRA) to block the transmission of ARY News “till furthernotice.”
It was reported that a formal show cause notice has also been served to thebroadcaster, accusing it of airing false, hateful, and seditious content.
The media watchdog maintained that airing such hate speech on news channelsshows either a weak editorial in the content or the licensee isintentionally indulged in providing its platform to such individuals whointend to spread malice and hatred against the state institution for theirvested interest.
Read Top Stories
The officials of the private news channel told a foreign news service thatit had been blocked as the channel aired a segment considered critical ofthe incumbent government.
Meanwhile, ARY founder and CEO Salman Iqbal, said the news channel getsshut down just because we reported a ‘true story’.
