The Lahore and Islamabad high courts on Friday issued notices to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority after hearing petitions challenging its notifications prohibiting television channels from airing news of court proceedings and directing them to only report on written orders.
The Lahore High Court, during the hearing of pleas conducted by Justice Abid Aziz Shaikh, also ordered the electronic media watchdog to respond to its notice on May 29.
The notice comes after the electronic media watchdog issued two notifications ordering TV channels to not run reporting of court proceedings and for reporters to only report courts’ written orders’ on May 21.
It should be noted that the proceedings of the petition in the LHC and IHC are not being reported following the Pemra ban.
