[DAWN] The Pakistain Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday placed a ban on the broadcast of interviews of terrorists, a notification shared on the regulatory authority's Twitter page stated.Geo News was slated to air an interview with former Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equiovalent of men...
Pakistain (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan
...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, now the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency...
on Thursday night at 11pm.
According to the notification, a terrorist cannot be allowed to use any channel's platform to give an interview as it would undermine the efforts of Pakistain Army soldiers who have fought against krazed killer elements and laid down their lives for the country.
It further said that airing an interview 'of a known krazed killer' would be 'heart-wrenching and deeply disturbing' for the colleagues, family, and friends who have lost their loved ones in acts of terrorism in the country.