ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting has asked the government to immediately ban broadcasting of the Indian TV channels in Pakistan.
A Senate body meeting, presided over by Committee Chairman Liaquat Ali Bangulzai, was held here on Monday. Senators Tariq Azeem, Tahir Latif, Nilofar Bakhtiar, Javed Leghari, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Muhammad Ali Durrani, Haji Adeel Ahmed, Naseer Mengal and Information Secretary Ashfaq Gondal attended the meeting.
Taking strict notice of the absence of Information Minister Sherry Rehman in the meeting, the committee chairman asked her to ensure her presence in the next meeting. Committee member Tariq Azeem said that the Indian government had closed the transmission of the Pakistani TV channels. He asked the government to ban the transmission of the Indian TV channels. Senator Haji Adeel said the government should ban only the recreational Indian TV channels. We would be aware of the Indian propaganda from the Indian news channels, he added.
Information Secretary Ashfaq Gondal assured the committee that he would hold talks with the Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the cable operators in this respect soon.
