The Lahore High Court suspended the ban imposed by PEMRA on broadcasting live or recorded speeches of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on satellite TV channels on Thursday.
The prohibition order stated that Imran was “levelling baseless allegations and spreading hate speech through his provocative statements against state institutions and officers which is prejudicial to the maintenance of law and order and is likely to disturb public peace and tranquillity”.
PEMRA had said the airing of hateful, slanderous and unwarranted statements against state institutions is in sheer violation of Article 19 of the Constitution and a judgment of the Supreme Court.
Moreover, it has been observed that such content was telecasted by TV channels without effective utilisation of the time-delay mechanism in violation of provisions of PEMRA laws as well as judgments of the apex courts.