PEMRA urges TV licensees to comply with order against 'maligning courts without basis'.

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday urged all satellite TV licensees to comply with a Lahore accountability court order against programmes "maligning the courts without any basis".

According to a PEMRA notification, an order issued by the accountability court on October 25, stated that "without legal acumen" politicians and media personnel were involved in maligning the court on television "without any basis", adding that they "pass comments maligning the courts for their political motives".

"Therefore, the chairman PEMRA is directed to control these kinds of programmes maligning the courts without any basis," the court said, adding that in case of violation of the order, proceedings would be initiated under Section 16-B of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999.

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