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Lahore court orders censorship strict monitoring of foreign channels
The Lahore High Court has directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to strictly follow the relevant law on monitoring the foreign channels being shown to the public through cable. Mr Justice M. Javed Buttar, on a petition by a private citizen, required the Pemra to file within 30 days a report on compliance of the court order.
| "Y'r honor! Some o' them furrin wimmin got titties! I seen 'em with my own eyes!" |
The petitioner stated that various channels aired through the cable to the public were showing objectionable things and the respondent authority was not taking note of it.
| "An' sometimes they... they... they wiggle! My hand it gettin' tired... from... ummm... shooting my gun!" |
He stated it was the duty of Pemra to check and take action against cable operators who were showing objectionable programmes on their channels by violating Pemra Ordinance 2002.
| "Y'r honor, you gotta protect me from this!" |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-20 |
