ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has declared the closure and re-positioning of Geo TV illegal.
A Pemra spokesperson on Friday said that shutting down and pushing the Geo TV channels to the last numbers by cable operators was a violation of Pemra rules. Therefore, Pemra has issued a notice to the cable operators to seek their response.
Pemra has also summoned the administrative authorities of ARY News, Express News and Dunya News over telecast of objectionable content for multiple times on their respective channels.
The Pemra spokesperson said that the decision to summon the authorities of the channels was taken by the Council of Complaints on the complaints of a large number of people.
It may also be mentioned here that the government has decided to take action against three members of Pemra and has issued show cause notices to Israr Abbasi, Mian Shams and Fareeha Iftikhar.
These officials had, without any authority, announced recently to suspend Geo’s three licences after a meeting that was declared illegal by the Pemra spokesperson.Reports said that the notice was issued to the members for maligning Pemra by levelling baseless accusations.
