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PEMRA suspends license of Geo Entertainment, ARY News

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has suspended the licences of Geo Entertainment and ARY News over gross violations of the Authority laws.

According to a statement, PEMRA members unanimously decided to immediately suspend the license of Geo Entertainment for a period of 30 days and imposed a fine of Rs 10 million. The Authority also banned programme “Utho Jago Pakistan” aired on Geo Entertainment, its entire team including host Dr Shaista Lodhi, producer etc. forthwith, besides banning the rebroadcasting of this programme on any channel.

Regarding the violations committed by ARY News, the Authority unanimously decided to immediately suspend the licence of ARY News for 15 days and imposed a fine of Rs 10 million. The Authority has also banned programme “Khara Sach” aired on ARY News and its anchorperson Mubasher Lucman for persistently airing contemptuous and malicious campaign against the judiciary.
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