LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday stopped PakistanElectronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) from taking any actionagainst anchorpersons and implementation of Pemra’s notification preventingTV anchors from giving their opinions during talk shows.
A petition filed, senior journalist Arif Hameed Bhatti among others,against the PEMRA’s notification was heard by Justice Shahid Waheed at theLHC today. In the petition, the anchors challenged a recent directiveissued by the regulatory body, which barred TV anchors from giving theiropinions during talk shows, until further orders from court.
The Information Ministry and PEMRA were named respondents in theapplication which maintained that the PEMRA’s instruction was in violationof Article 19. The petitioner further pleaded the court to suspend theregulatory authority’s order until a final decision by the judiciary.
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The court banned the notification of Pakistan Electronic Media RegulatoryAuthority and sent notices to all respondents to submit their replies onthe matter.
