Islamabad: PEMRA bans Geo and licence has been suspended by PEMRA for 15 days. Geo News licence has been suspended by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) for 15 days. A fine of Rs. 10 million has also been imposed on the media group. The meeting was attended by government members of the body whereas private members were not present. The meeting considered the defence ministry’s application against the news channel following which the body suspended the license of Geo News for a period of 15 days. It may be mentioned private members banned Geo but PEMRA did not accept their decision in past. Now PEMRA gave same decision that was given before but this time ban is only for 15 days.
Geo Television has commented on this decision of PEMRA and said:
“Geo News was not provided with any evidence nor was its stance heard by the Pemra”.
It may be mentioned that GEO Television and Jang Group of Publication served defamation notice to Defence Ministry of Pakistan yesterday as it had knowledge that PEMRA would ban it for certain period of time.
