PEMRA cannot suspend licence of any channel, rules SC.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court (SC) has declared that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) does not have the legal authority to suspend the licence of any TV channel, media reported on Tuesday.

According to details, the Supreme Court ruling upholds a decision made by the Sindh High Court, stating that the chairman PEMRA does not have the legal authority to suspend the licence of any channel.

The decision was made by a three-member bench of the Supreme Court in Islamabad where Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik issued a nine-page ruling.

The ruling referred to Section 13 of the PEMRA ordinance, which clearly states that neither the Chairman nor any individual has the authority to suspend a...