PEMRA suspends landing rights permission to Starlite for seven days
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 3 October 2017
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PEMRA has temporarily suspended landing rights for Starlite following the broadcast of inappropriate content. This suspension will last for seven days and comes after a meeting that reviewed the matter.Summary
ISLAMABAD – Electronic media regulator PEMRA has suspended landing rights permission to private TV channel Starlite for seven days after it aired a vulgar song.
This decision came during a meeting of the authority at the PEMRA headquarters in Islamabad Tuesday. The meeting approved the recommendation of its Personal Hearing Committee in this regard.
The regulator said the objectionable content was aired on June 13.
Key Points
- PEMRA suspends Starlite's landing rights for seven days.
- Decision made after airing of a vulgar song on June 13.
- Action approved during a meeting at PEMRA headquarters in Islamabad.
- Regulator emphasizes the importance of media content standards.
- Starlite is a private TV channel affected by this ruling.
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