Protest against ARY News closure – Pakistan Freedom of Expression Monitor http://pakistanfoemonitor.org News with beliefs, thoughts, ideas, and emotions Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:05:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 216189435 ARY News closure: PFUJ protests outside Pemra office http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/ary-news-closure-pfuj-protests-outside-pemra-office/ http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/ary-news-closure-pfuj-protests-outside-pemra-office/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2014 08:36:10 +0000 http://pakistanfoemonitor.org/?p=4354 Continue reading "ARY News closure: PFUJ protests outside Pemra office"

]]> ISLAMABAD: Journalists under the aegis of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) today staged a protest demonstration outside Pemra office against closure of ARY News in some cities, ARY News reported Thursday.

The protest demonstration was held against unfair practice of Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (Pemra) of blocking ARY news transmission.

Protesting journalists attempted to enter the Pemra office, however police barred them. Pemra still has not issued notification for restoring ARY News transmission despite court orders.

On the other side, cable operators are also being pressurized to keep the suspension of ARY News transmission, mainly to appease the high-ups in authority.

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]]> LAHORE: Journalist fraternity staged a protest demonstration outside PEMRA office here on Wednesday, against the closure of ARY News and police torture on media men in Islamabad – ARY News reports.

According to details, media men staged a demonstration outside PEMRA office here and strongly protested against state oppression on journalist fraternity.

On this occasion, President of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Rana Azeem termed the ban on ARY News as a prohibition of the entire journalist fraternity.

Rana Azeem said that 500 journalists will present themselves for arrest, in protest against ARY News closure. He demanded PEMRA to withdraw its decision and the Information Minister to apologize for taking an action against the freedom of expression.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader, Shaukat Basra labeled ARY News as the voice of truth in the country. He said that democracy in Pakistan is threatened by no-one, but the authoritarian behavior of Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif.

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