The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has asked all public and private news channels to present the political map of Pakistan before airing the news report at 9pm on a regular basis.
In a notification, Pemra said “All the news channels (both public and private) have to flash the political ma of Pakistan for two seconds before airing the news bulletin at 9:00 pm on regular basis.”
The media monitoring authority told the satellite TV channel licensees to follow the direction “in letter and spirit without fail”
“All the satellite TV channel licensees (News and current Affairs/ regional language) are hence directed to comply with the above mentioned recommendation in letter and spirit without fail,” read the notification
