Govt immediately lifts PEMRA ban on Imran's speeches.

ISLAMABAD -- Soon after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) prohibited the broadcast and re-broadcast of speeches and press conferences of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on all satellite TV channels, the federal government on Saturday lifted the ban with immediate effect by implementing Section 5 of PEMRA Act.

The regulatory body, in a statement, had said that airing "hateful, slanderous, vilifying and unwarranted statements" against the country's leadership and state institutions is in sheer violation of Article 19 of the Constitution.

It said that Imran Khan has made aspersions against the state institutions by levelling baseless allegations for orchestrating an assassination plan.

"Contents of his speeches are being rebroadcast on various TV channels in their talk shows and news bulletins without any editorial oversight," it observed.

PEMRA said that airing of such content was likely to create hatred among the people or is prejudicial to maintenance of law and order or is likely to disturb public peace and tranquillity or endangers national...