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Pakistan's NewsOne channel taken off air before Pemra notice for criticising federal minister
Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issued show cause notice to private news channel NewsOne for airing ‘unethical’ remarks about the performance of a federal minister during a talk show, media reports said on Monday.
However, even before the legal formalities were completed and a show-cause notice was issued to NewsOne on Friday for airing ‘derogatory remarks’ about Minister for Communications Murad Saeed ‘without any editorial check’, the channel had reportedly been taken off air by cable networks, reports The Dawn.
Broadcasters and journalists as well as the Pakistan Peoples Party have expressed concern over the ‘unilateral’ action taken by the authorities, the news channel reported.
The remark was made when the guests in the show were reportedly discussing the performance of the Ministry of Communications.
Pemra said NewsOne had aired a show, “G for Gharidah”, on Thursday at 10.05pm where the anchor and panelists had questioned the decision to award the top honour to minister Saeed and made remarks insinuating factors behind the award other than the ministry’s performance, reports The Dawn.
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