Business Plus and Zaiqa TV face month-long suspension
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 27 October 2017
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Business Plus and Zaiqa TV will face a month-long suspension due to unpaid license renewal fees. This decision was made during a PEMRA meeting and will affect both channels' operations.Summary
ISLAMABAD – A meeting of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Friday approved suspension of Business Plus and Zaiqa TV channels for 30 days for not paying off their license renewal dues for several years.
It was not immediately known when the suspension would come into effect.
Business Plus, a 24-hour business news channel is run by the Media Times Group with ZaiqaTV being its sister channel that focuses on cooking.
Media Times also publishes the English language Daily Times newspaper.
Key Points
- PEMRA approved the suspension of Business Plus and Zaiqa TV.
- The suspension lasts for 30 days.
- The channels failed to pay their license renewal dues.
- Business Plus is a 24-hour business news channel.
- Zaiqa TV focuses on cooking content.
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