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KARACHI: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) has suspended the license issued to Geo News for a period of 15 days, DawnNews reported.
The channel has also been levied a fine of Rs10 million.
It was not clear if the suspension was in place with immediate effect.
A Pemra spokesman said the license was suspended on a complaint filed by the Ministry of Defence.
A statement from Geo News said that the regulatory body had “already been punishing the channel”, adding that the broadcast was not available “in 90 per cent of areas” in the country for the last 45 days.
The statement further said that the channel had already apologised and had incurred Rs2 billion in losses.
The channel added that “Geo News was not provided with any evidence nor was its stance heard by the Pemra”.
The development came following a meeting of the Pemra under the chairmanship of newly appointed chairman Pervaiz Rathore at the regulatory body's Islamabad headquarters.
The meeting was attended by government members of the body, whereas its private members were not in attendance.
The meeting considered the defence ministry's application against the news channel, following which the body suspended the license of Geo News for a period of 15 days.
Pemra suspends Geo News license for 15 days - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
This is bullshit and Govt support is not acceptable
@Zarvan @Imran @astronut @Talon 1@Spring Onion @Aeronaut @Windjammer
The channel has also been levied a fine of Rs10 million.
It was not clear if the suspension was in place with immediate effect.
A Pemra spokesman said the license was suspended on a complaint filed by the Ministry of Defence.
A statement from Geo News said that the regulatory body had “already been punishing the channel”, adding that the broadcast was not available “in 90 per cent of areas” in the country for the last 45 days.
The statement further said that the channel had already apologised and had incurred Rs2 billion in losses.
The channel added that “Geo News was not provided with any evidence nor was its stance heard by the Pemra”.
The development came following a meeting of the Pemra under the chairmanship of newly appointed chairman Pervaiz Rathore at the regulatory body's Islamabad headquarters.
The meeting was attended by government members of the body, whereas its private members were not in attendance.
The meeting considered the defence ministry's application against the news channel, following which the body suspended the license of Geo News for a period of 15 days.
Pemra suspends Geo News license for 15 days - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
This is bullshit and Govt support is not acceptable
@Zarvan @Imran @astronut @Talon 1@Spring Onion @Aeronaut @Windjammer
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