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| Pemra tells Amir Liaquat to apologise on air for 'hate speech' |
| 2017-03-28 |
| [DAWN] The Pakistain Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday issued a notification ruling against Aamir Liaquat, the host of Bol News TV show 'Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga', directing him to apologise on air to the viewers. Liaquat had come under fire on social media when he went on air in his show on Jan 27 and levelled allegations of blasphemy against civil society activists and bloggers who had 'disappeared'. The regulatory authority had then taken action against the channel and the host by placing a ban on it. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... a few weeks into the case, the Supreme Court had allowed Liaquat to continue hosting the show on the condition that the content aired will be devoid of hate speech. It had further directed the controversial host to submit a reply, based on which the regulatory authority was to issue a decision. Pemra, in its latest decision, directed the channel as well as Liaquat to apologise "unconditionally to the viewers" by "specifically naming all individual complainants against whom hate speech was aired". The regulatory authority further directed both Bol News and the host to apologise separately and air it on or before March 31. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 the Supreme Court had allowed Liaquat to continue hosting the show on the condition that the content aired will be devoid of hate speech. The Supreme Court pulled an Alice-in-Wonderland deal. We are headed in that direction in the U.S. The left is trying to destroy the 1st Amendment. Get rid of the useless wimpy-assed concept of "hate speech", it is dangerous. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-28 10:51 |
| #1 "We want you to hate quietly." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-28 04:18 |