LAHORE: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), on Saturday, suspended licenses of two media houses, Din News and Neo TV
were fined Rs1 million each for levellin
g baseless allegations against a Supreme Court judge.
The two TV channels
were issued notices on November 19 for airing irresponsible analysis and
were asked to
submit a reply on November 26, 2016, after an appearance before Pemra. On November 26, the reply was
submitted and representat
ives of channels failed to
defend themselves.
After hearing the viewpoint of the TV channels, Pemra suspended the license of Din news channel for 30 days and imposed a fine of Rs1 million. A similar verdict was imposed over Neo TV with a 7-day suspension.
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