SC imposes ban on airing Indian contents on Pakistani channels

Supreme Court has imposed ban on airing Indian contents on Pakistani TV channels.

Hearing the case pertaining to airing of Indian and other countries programmes on Pakistani Channels in Karachi on Saturday, three members bench of Apex Court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar also suspended the High Court decision in this regard.

The Lahore High Court (LHC) in 2017, noting that “the world has become a global village”, lifted a ban on the airing of Indian drama serials imposed by the broadcast media watchdog in 2016.