IHC disposes of petition challenging PEMRA order regarding proclaimed offenders

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2021-01-20T23:56:38+05:00 SHAHID RAO

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday disposed of a petition challenging Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) order to ban speeches, interviews and public addresses by proclaimed offenders after the petitioners withdrew it. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearing of the petition filed by the petitioners included Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Vice Chairman Pakistan Bar Council, eminent human rights activists and the senior journalists from all over the country.  During the hearing, lawyer of the petitioners Salman Akram Raja informed the bench that they did not want to create an impression to act as an agent of any individual. He said that they would move another petition in the court on the new grounds.  Justice Athar remarked that the move created a wrong impression although the names of prominent personalities appeared in the petition.  After the withdrawal of the petition, the IHC bench disposed of the matter. 

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