KARACHI, March 15: The government on Thursday placed a ban on a popular TV show for its coverage of the March 13 meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council. The show’s host, Kamran Khan, told Dawn that a written order had been issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, restraining GEO News from airing the show till further orders. He added that his TV channel would abide by the Pemra decision.

Sources told Dawn that a top GEO official was summoned to Islamabad on Wednesday and `requested’ by the government to immediately stop the show titled `Aaj Kamran Khan key sath’.

The TV channel official was also told that such coverage of the judicial crisis was completely unacceptable.