{"id":825,"date":"2012-12-06T17:27:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/?p=825"},"modified":"2012-12-06T17:27:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T12:27:24","slug":"jasmeen-manzoor-quits-samaa-tv-as-court-issues-stay-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pakistanfoemonitor.org\/jasmeen-manzoor-quits-samaa-tv-as-court-issues-stay-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmeen Manzoor quits Samaa TV as court issues stay order"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Fareeha Khalid <\/p>\n
Karachi: A senior Pakistani current affairs anchor Jasmeen Manzoor has resigned from Samaa television saying her show has been stopped by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Builders mafia.<\/p>\n
Later in another tweet she said that her show was stopped from airing on Wednesday after receiving a stay order from a court.<\/p>\n
She has alleged that a person named Ameen Lakhani was behind the whole situation and he controls the Pemra, Media and Fauj [army].<\/p>\n
\u201cAmin lahkani sent his men to my office threatened my staff put pressure of [on] me but when I refused he threatened the channel!\u201d she alleged in her tweet.<\/p>\n
\u201cSamaa supported me all the way but the builders issued a stay order from high court restraining the show from airing!,\u201d she told her followers in the micro blogging site.<\/p>\n
However, she said that she was not switching to any other channel.<\/p>\n