PTI seeks action against Geo program host Saleem Safi
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 24 October 2016
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is demanding action against Saleem Safi for misrepresenting facts about a suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa official. The party's media head claimed that Safi abused his platform to target the provincial government.Summary
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is seeking action against Saleem Safi, a prominent Geo News program host for “distorting facts and figures” about a suspended official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Department.
Daily Pakistan reported Monday the party had written to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) demanding action.
PTI central media head Iftikhar Durrani said in the letter Safi misused the platform for targeting PTI provincial government and its leadership and leveled baseless allegations.
Safi who hosts the program ‘Jirga’ interviewed Azra Afridi, the woman who disrupted PTI chief Imran Khan’s press conference on August 3 in Islamabad.
Image: Saleem Safi/Twitter (@saleemsafijirga)
Key Points
- PTI seeks action against Saleem Safi.
- Allegations of fact distortion regarding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa education official.
- PTI has contacted PEMRA for further action.
- Safi interviewed a controversial figure linked to PTI.
- The matter raises concerns about media ethics.
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