Pakistan’s media watchdog has suspended the licence of a TV channel for 30 days and imposed a advantageous of Rs 1 million on it after one in all its controversial anchors voiced ‘contemptuous’ remarks and ‘cast aspersions’ on the judiciary.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) took motion towards Bol News on Friday, in accordance with a press release.
“PEMRA suspends Bol News for 30 days, fine of Rupees one million is also imposed,” PEMRA stated in a tweet.
PEMRA suspends Bol News for 30 days, Fine of Rupees One Million can also be imposed pic.twitter.com/x4pnetUT6i
— Report PEMRA (@reportpemra) January 22, 2021
It stated anchor Sami Ibrahim on January 13 “aired contemptuous remarks against the … chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and other honourable judges while discussing the matter of appointment of judges in the LHC”.
The anchor “cast aspersions on the superior judiciary in violation of Article 19 read with Article 68 of the Constitution […] and the PEMRA laws including the PEMRA Code of Conduct, 2015”, it stated.
The authority famous that the channel failed to specific remorse after being issued present trigger discover and as an alternative insisted that it ought to be withdrawn.
In April 2019, the LHC despatched a discover to Ibrahim for “scandalising” excessive court docket judges.
Minister for Science Fawad Chaudhry slapped the anchor at a marriage social gathering in 2019 after he had accused him in a chat present of conspiring towards Prime Minister Imran Khan.
