PEMRA files appeal in Supreme Court after SHC grants stay to Inaam Ghar
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 29 June 2016
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PEMRA has filed an appeal after the Sindh High Court suspended its ban on the program Inaam Ghar. This follows a separate appeal regarding Samaa Television.Summary
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court after the Sindh High Court granted a stay order to Geo Entertainment program Inaam Ghar.
On Monday PEMRA banned the program hosted by Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain for three days for telecasting scenes of a suicide and letting an abuse go on air. However, the following day Justice Shahnawaz Tariq of the Sindh High Court suspended the ban and granted stay.
Meanwhile, PEMRA is also set to file another appeal in the Supreme Court against a separate Sindh High Court decision to grant a stay to Samaa Television.
Samaa had moved court after PEMRA banned reenactment of rapes, murders, and other crime shows.
KEY POINTS:
- PEMRA filed an appeal in the Supreme Court after a stay order granted to Inaam Ghar.
- The program was initially banned for airing inappropriate content.
- Justice Shahnawaz Tariq suspended PEMRA's ban on Inaam Ghar.
- PEMRA is also appealing against a stay granted to Samaa Television.
- Samaa Television challenged PEMRA's ban on crime reenactment shows.
