Urdu 1 gets PEMRA show-cause notice for airing Indian dramas

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 7 July 2017

Urdu 1 has received a show-cause notice from PEMRA for broadcasting five Indian dramas. This action violates a 2016 ban on Indian content on Pakistani television.

Summary

ISLAMABAD – For airing five Indian dramas, electronic media regulator PEMRA issued Urdu 1 a show-cause notice.

The channel is required to respond to the notice within five days after it screened the dramas – Saath Nibhana Saathia, Ye Hain Mohabatain, Nam Kiran, Ye Rishta Kia Kehlata Hai and Aishq Baz.

A PEMRA release said Urdu 1 telecast the dramas on July 5. It said this was a violation of its decision of October 19, 2016, that banned airing of Indian content on private television channels and also informed all of them about it.

KEY POINTS:

• PEMRA issued a notice to Urdu 1 for airing Indian dramas.
• The channel aired five dramas on July 5.
• This act violates a 2016 ban on Indian content.
• Urdu 1 must respond within five days.
• The aired dramas include popular titles.