ISLAMABAD – The National Assembly Standing on Information and Broadcastingon Monday asked Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) todevise a mechanism to ensure that no defamatory and fake news were telecaston electronic media against any respectable member of the society includinglegislators for the sake of rating.
The committee meeting chaired by Javed Latif, MNA observed that certainnews channels daily telecast fake news to get better rating but no actionwas taken against them.The committee also expressed its displeasure over PEMRA’s notification ofimposing ban on ARY News programme “Off the Record” without hearing thehost or its management.
Moreover, the decision was again reverted and ban removed which also gave abad reflection on PEMRA working.
The committee directed PEMRA chairman to attend the meeting of thecommittee and explain its position on this issue.
Aftab Jehangir, MNA also raised the issue of a feature film “ZindgiTamasha” and said the committee should discuss the matter.
Secretary Information Akbar Hussain Durrani informed the committee thatCensor Board had approved the film for release twice, but now a third partyhad filed an application.The chairman of the committee said the Censor Board had twice approved thefilm for release.
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On the request of MNA from NA-52 Islamabad, Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, thecommittee directed the management of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation(PBC) to settle the issue and road for local population near its land atAlipur.
The committee chairman Javed Latif said the public representatives job wasto facilitate the people and the management of PBC should get the issueapproved form its board of directors within 15 days.
The meeting was attended by MNAs,Syed Aminul Haq,Usman Tarakai, MaizaHameed, Aftab Jehangir, Naz Baloch, Tahir Iqbal and Saima Nadeem.
Besides information secretary, senior officers from the ministry andattached departments were also present in the meeting.
