Islamabad: A news channel of Pakistan has been accused of making derogatory remarks against the judges. Pakistan’s media watchdog has suspended the license of Bol News Channel for 30 days. Not only this, but a fine of Rs 10 lakh has also been imposed on the channel. The channel is alleged that one of its anchors made derogatory remarks on the judiciary during the program and made serious allegations. According to a statement, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) took this action against ‘Bol News’ on Friday. PEMRA tweeted that PEMRA has canceled the license of ‘Bol News’ for 30 days and imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on it.
PEMRA said that anchor Sami Ibrahim had made derogatory remarks against the Chief Justice of the court and other judges during a discussion on the subject of appointment of judges at the Lahore High Court (LHC) on 13 January. In violation of Article 68 of the Constitution […] and Article 19 of the PEMRA Code of Conduct, 2015, the judiciary objected.
The channel did not apologize
The media watchdog said that after the show cause notice was issued, the channel did not regret it, instead, it said that it (the notice) should be withdrawn. In April 2019, the LHC sent a notice to Ibrahim condemning the High Court judges. Science Minister Fawad Chaudhary slapped this anchor at a wedding ceremony in 2019. Actually, during an event, the anchor accused him of plotting against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
