IT seems that the job of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is to suppress the voice of anchors and channels that are against corruption and corrupt governance. However, there is no regulatory authority to take off advertisements from television. For instance, there is an ad which is an adult advertisement not for those who are under the age of 18, and nowadays this ad is shown by private channels on Paksat satellite.

It seems that the Pemra office doesn’t have a dish antenna and is totally dependent on cable analogue TV.
That’s why it is not aware of such ads on Paksat satellite. Hope Pemra authorities will wake up to the situation and take action against such channels.

S. Rustamani

Johi

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2017