The federal government on Friday advised the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to clamp down on live broadcast of hate speeches of political leaders.
According to a PEMRA statement, the government expressed concern over the live telecast of the hate speech of a political leader by majority of the electronic channels on April 10 and urged the regulatory body to invoke the section 27 of the PEMRA Amendment Act 2007.
The Section 27 (a) of the Pemra Act “Prohibition of broadcast media or distribution service operation” reads: “The Authority shall by order in writing, giving reasons therefore, prohibit any broadcast media or distribution service operator from broadcasting or re-broadcasting or distributing any programme or advertisement if it is of the opinion that such particular programme or advertisement is against the ideology of Pakistan or is likely to create hatred among the people or is prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order or is likely to disturb public peace and tranquility or endangers national security or is pornographic, obscene or vulgar or is offensive to the commonly accepted standards of decency.”