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Pemra bans Shahid Masood's program for 45 days 4 leveling serious n baseless allegations against Chief Justice SHC
KARACHI: In an apparent gag on freedom of media, Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority has imposed 45-day ban on ARY News program ‘Live with Dr. Shahid Masood’.
The Pemra stated in its order that the ban was imposed on programme as it reportedly aired allegations on Sindh High Court chief justice in one of the episodes.
ARY counsel in the case, Advocate Moinuddin, said it looked as if the decision of Pemra was taken in haste and “it may have some malafide intent’.
The hearing of the case was conducted by Pemra’s council of complaint in Karachi.
Mr. Moinuddin was of the view that Pemra didn’t consider our adjournment plea and imposed the ban on programme without issuing any complaint.
“We could have gone to Islamabad to plead our case, but that chance was not provided to us.”
The advocate expressed surprise that the order issued by Pemra didn’t contain signatures of the authority rather it was endorsed by the council of complaint.
Senior anchor Dr. Shahid Masood said: “What anyone could do if the government misconstrued his statement in the program.”
He said government must tell what actually was objectionable in the programme that stirred up the hornet’s nest.
https://arynews.tv/en/pemra-imposes-45-day-ban-on-ary-program-live-with-dr-shahid-masood/
KARACHI: In an apparent gag on freedom of media, Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority has imposed 45-day ban on ARY News program ‘Live with Dr. Shahid Masood’.
The Pemra stated in its order that the ban was imposed on programme as it reportedly aired allegations on Sindh High Court chief justice in one of the episodes.
ARY counsel in the case, Advocate Moinuddin, said it looked as if the decision of Pemra was taken in haste and “it may have some malafide intent’.
The hearing of the case was conducted by Pemra’s council of complaint in Karachi.
Mr. Moinuddin was of the view that Pemra didn’t consider our adjournment plea and imposed the ban on programme without issuing any complaint.
“We could have gone to Islamabad to plead our case, but that chance was not provided to us.”
The advocate expressed surprise that the order issued by Pemra didn’t contain signatures of the authority rather it was endorsed by the council of complaint.
Senior anchor Dr. Shahid Masood said: “What anyone could do if the government misconstrued his statement in the program.”
He said government must tell what actually was objectionable in the programme that stirred up the hornet’s nest.
https://arynews.tv/en/pemra-imposes-45-day-ban-on-ary-program-live-with-dr-shahid-masood/
