Pakistan Supreme Court Orders Ban On All Indian Content On TV Channels!
Pakistan Supreme Court reinstated ban on airing Indian content on TV channels amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir region.
On
Saturday
(October
27,
2018),
Pakistan's
Supreme
Court
reinstated
a
ban
on
airing
Indian
content
on
TV
channels
in
the
country.
The
Supreme
Court's
rule
overturns
the
order
passed
by
the
Lahore
High
Court.
Chief
Justice
of
Pakistan
(CJP)
Mian
Saqib
Nisar
was
hearing
a
case
filed
by
the
United
Producers
Association
relating
to
the
broadcast
of
foreign
content
on
Pakistani
TV
channels
in
the
Supreme
Court's
Karachi
registry.
According
to
a
report
in
Dawn
News,
the
top
judge
fumed,
"They
are
trying
to
(obstruct
the
construction)
of
our
dam
and
we
cannot
even
ban
their
channels?"
He
ordered
the
broadcast
of
Indian
shows
to
be
'shut
down'
and
added
that
the
authorities
should
only
air
'appropriate
content'.
The
chairman
of
Pakistan
Cable
Operators
Association,
Khalid
Arain
confirmed
the
verdict,
but
hit
out
against
the
order.
Khalid
was
quoted
by
AFP
as
saying,
"Ban
on
the
all
the
Indian
content
is
not
the
solution,
rather
we
should
try
to
better
the
quality
of
Pakistani
TV
shows."
It
has
to
be
recalled
that
Pakistan
Electronic
Media
Regulatory
Authority
(PEMRA)
had
imposed
a
complete
ban
on
airing
Indian
content
on
local
TV
and
FM
radio
channels
in
the
year
2016.
It
was
sort
of
tit-for-tat
moves
in
the
entertainment
industry,
as
similar
actions
were
taken
by
some
channels
and
the
entertainment
industry
in
India
against
Pakistani
artists
and
content.
In
2017,
the
Lahore
High
court
had
lifted
a
ban
on
Indian
TV
shows,
as
the
federal
government
had
no
objections
regarding
the
same.