Pakistan`s media regulatory authority has banned the broadcasting of live speeches of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.
According to ANI, this decision was taken against the former prime minister for threatening an Islamabad police official and a female magistrate during an address in Islamabad.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) said that Imran`s recorded speech would only be permitted to be aired after an effective delay mechanism to ensure effective monitoring and editorial control.
"...Chairman PEMRA in view of the above-mentioned background and reasons, in exercise of delegated powers of the Authority vested in Section 27(a) of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 as amended by PEMRA (Amendment) Act 2007, hereby prohibits the broadcast of live speech of Mr Imran Khan on all satellite TV channels with immediate effect," the PEMRA said in its notification.
PEMRA imposed this ban on all satellite channels hours after he vowed to file cases against Islamabad`s inspector-general, deputy inspector general, and female magistrate for "torturing" Shahbaz Gill.
"We will not spare the IG and DIG," he said while addressing the public gathering at Islamabad`s F-9 park.
The former Prime Minister called out Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who last week had approved Gill`s two-day physical remand at the request of the capital police, and said she too should prepare herself as the case will also be registered against her, Geo News reported.
The PTI took out the rally in Islamabad in support of the incarcerated leader Sh ..
