ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on the recommendations of Council of Complaints (CoC) has banned appearance of an analyst Hafeezullah Niazi on all television channels for 30 days.
Hafeezullah, in a programme on Geo News on July 6, had levelled certain allegations against Senator Azam Swati, which the channel could not substantiate before the CoC.
PEMRA CoC extended sufficient time to Geo News to prove the veracity of its comments uttered by the said analyst during the programme, however, the channel did not come up with a satisfactory reply.
Notwithstanding, Geo News has also been ordered to tender an apology within seven days for airing baseless and defamatory comments violating PEMRA, Electronic Media code of conduct-2015. In case of non-compliance, Geo News will be liable to pay a fine amounting to Rs1 million.