Pakistan Regulator Suspends Geo News for 15 Days Over Religious Broadcast
Pakistan's media regulatory authority, PEMRA, has suspended the transmission of Geo News for 15 days. The suspension was imposed due to an 'offensive' religious broadcast by the channel.
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Pakistan watchdog suspends Geo News for 15 days over 'offensive' religious broadcast
The regulator said Geo News aired "religious visualisations" during a June 26 programme that could offend religious sentiments.
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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday suspended with “immediate effect” Geo News’ licence for 15 days over airing a special transmission that the body said was “liable to hurt the religious sentiments of viewers”. In an order addressed to the chief executive officer of Independent Media Corporation (IMC) on June 28, Pemra said the licence issued to IMC for “Geo News was suspended for a period of 15 days with immediate effect from the issuance.” Issued under Se...
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