ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Dr Muhammad Irshad has attended a meeting of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra).
During the meeting, the Pemra issued show-cause notices to nine satellite TV channels for airing fake news of a plane crash in Kallar Syedan near Rawalpindi.
The meeting was also attended by Secretary Ministry of Interior Arif Ahmed Khan, Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shoaib Siddiqui, Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shaheen Habibullah and Member Punjab Nargis Nasir.
According to the notices, this has been conveyed to the TV channels that airing fake news was a clear violation of clause 20 (f) of Pemra (Amendment) Act 2007, 15(1) of Pemra Rules 2009, and a number of clauses of Pemra Code of Conduct 2015 like 3(1), 4(1) and 7(a).
