ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has sought help from the Federal Board of Revenue and Customs Intelligence against illegal Indian Direct to Home (DTH) system being sold in the country.
The Pemra also sought help from the federal, provincial and AJK governments besides others including State Bank of Pakistan, Federal Investigation Agency, inspector generals of police, chief secretaries of provinces and Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to play their role in detecting this illegal business of Indian DTH system in their respective areas.
Pemra Chairman Absar Alam has written letters to the heads of the above mentioned institutions in which he said that illegal Indian DTH systems are being sold in major cities without any rules and regulations.
He said that the sale of Indian DTH was not only against national values but also violation of code of conduct of the Pemra. He said that due to this illegal business the national exchequer was suffering loss of billions of rupees every year. On August 31, Pemra had decided to take action against this illegal business and advised those involved to stop this activity or strict action would be taken against them.
