ISLAMABAD – India bans coverage of three Islamic countries channel oversupport for Pakistan on Occupied Kashmir.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Sunday asked cable operatorsof Kashmir Valley not to air any channel from Iran, Turkey and Malaysia. Asenior official of the Ministry Vikram Sahay had a long meeting with cableoperators, here in Srinagar, at the Information Department office, OutlookIndia has reported.
In the meeting, according to operators, the official read out the CableTelevision Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 and directed them to adhere tothe regulations of the law.
Sahay, who is the joint secretary in the Information and BroadcastingMinistry, told the operators that they are violating the law by airingchannels from ‘Muslims’ countries, especially Iran, Turkey and Malaysia.
Sahay was told that while no channel from Malaysia was being aired in theValley, Sehar TV, a religious channel of Iran, was being aired as it iswatched by the Shia community.
The operators also told the official that Al-Arabiya channel-run by SaudiArabia-was also being aired.
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The official said that both, Al-Arabiya and Sehar TV shouldn’t be aired inthe region.
In the meeting, the official also sought information from the operatorsabout the most popular TV shows in Kashmir.
Kashmir Valley is under communication blockade since August 5, when thegovernment snapped phone, internet connections across Jammu and Kashmirahead of revoking Article 370 from the state and splitting the state intotwo union territories.
