| Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has directed FM radio stations to stop rebroadcasting foreign programmes. The authority had issued a circular to all FM radio stations to stop relaying programmes through their radio networks, sources said on Thursday. The PEMRA decision came after a Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict restrained an FM radio station from rebroadcasting BBC programmes on October 13. On behalf of FM 103, Muhammad Imran had submitted a petition claiming PEMRA had threatened to cancel the radio's license on the grounds that the broadcasting of the BBC Urdu service programmes violated electronic media regulations. The LHC directed PEMRA not to cancel the license of FM 103 and barred the radio station from rebroadcasting any foreign radio service programmes. |