Shaheen Sehbai and Moeed Pirzada challenge PEMRA ban

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 15 August 2023

Shaheen Sehbai and Moeed Pirzada have challenged a ban imposed by PEMRA on them. They filed a legal notice seeking the withdrawal of the restriction.

Summary

ISLAMABAD—Veteran journalist Shaheen Sehbai on Monday said he and Moeed Pirzada had served a notice on regulator PEMRA to have a ban on them withdrawn.

PEMRA last week had issued a list of 11 individuals, including Sehbai and Pirzada, along with politicians and former army men, ordering the media not to mention their names.

In his tweet, Sehbai said the legal notice to PEMRA sought to withdraw the illegal letter banning them on TV. He added that PEMRA was trying to build a case to ban them on social media platforms. "Six solid legal and constitutional grounds have been elaborately stated in the 10-page notice." Along with the tweet, Sehbai also attached the notice.

KEY POINTS:

• PEMRA issued a ban on 11 individuals including Sehbai and Pirzada.
• The journalists have filed a notice to contest the ban legally.
• The legal notice outlines six constitutional grounds.
• Sehbai claims PEMRA aims to restrict them on social media as well.
• The notice is detailed in a 10-page document attached to Sehbai's tweet.