{"id":16354,"date":"2026-09-24T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=16354"},"modified":"2026-09-24T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:50:09","slug":"ihc-sets-aside-pemra-fine-on-tv-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=16354","title":{"rendered":"IHC sets aside Pemra fine on TV channels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has set aside the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority\u2019s (Pemra) action against several television channels over the alleged broadcast of hate speech during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1373274\">2017 Faizabad sit-in<\/a>, and ordered the regulator to decide the matter afresh after giving the channels a full right of hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas issued a 15-page written verdict on the appeals filed by the channels, accepting them and remanding the matter back to Pemra. The court directed that all the channels concerned be afforded a fresh hearing and that a new decision be taken strictly in accordance with the law after ensuring their right to be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the ruling, Pemra had earlier imposed a fine of Rs1 million each on various TV channels for allegedly airing hate speech during the Faizabad sit-in. The channels challenged the penalty before the Islamabad High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By accepting the appeals, the court set aside Pemra\u2019s earlier decision and sent the matter back to the regulator for a fresh adjudication following a hearing of the parties. It is pertinent to note that the Faizabad sit-in was held in November 2017 at the junction of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The Supreme Court\u2019s judgement on the matter had also issued directives concerning the media and Pemra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has set aside the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority\u2019s (Pemra) action against several television channels over the alleged broadcast of..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1.webp",2000,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1-300x180.webp",300,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1-768x461.webp",768,461,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1-1024x614.webp",1024,614,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1-1536x922.webp",1536,922,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/240844592fe0b97-1.webp",2000,1200,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16355,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16354\/revisions\/16355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}