New Delhi: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has received another major setback. In fact, the Media Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has now banned his live broadcast. Yes, the Media Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has now completely banned the broadcast of live speeches of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party chief Imran Khan for threatening a police officer and a woman magistrate during an address in Islamabad. Have given.
Imran had threatened in the rally
The move comes a few hours after Khan while addressing a rally in Islamabad, threatened government establishments and government officials. In fact, at a public meeting here on Saturday, Khan threatened to register cases against top police officials, a woman magistrate, the Election Commission of Pakistan, and political opponents. He made the threat over the treatment of his colleague Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested last week on sedition charges.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) said in a release on Saturday that television channels have failed to stop broadcasting content against “government establishments” despite repeated warnings. It also said, “It has been observed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Imran Khan in his speeches/statements is continuously making baseless allegations against government establishments and hate speeches through provocative statements against him and officials. Which is harmful to the maintenance of law and order and is likely to cause a breach of public peace.
The regulator said Khan’s speeches are violative of Article 19 of the Constitution and against the media’s code of conduct. “The Competent Authority, ie Pemra Chairman, in view of these reasons, suspends the live telecast of Imran Khan’s speech on all satellite TV channels with immediate effect,” it said. Pemra said Khan’s recorded speech would be telecast only after a delayed telecast arrangement was made to ensure his monitoring and editorial control. Meanwhile, Khan said that he is going to address a rally at Liaquat Bagh ground in Rawalpindi today.
