According to a press release issued on Friday, PEMRA enforcement teams visited various cities and raided 21 illegal cable TV networks operating without license. Equipments for seven illegal networks were seized in Rawalpindi.
Similarly, six networks were closed in Chakwal, five in Jhelum, two in Islamabad and one in Sargodha.
Moreover, three FM radio stations were seized in Tehsil and District Swabi. These illegal FM stations were being run by Moulvi Usman Ghani and Qari Akmal at Masjid Iqra, Madrassa Jamia Muhammadia and Masjid Areef Khan. These radio channels were involved in propagating extremism and militancy in their respective vicinities.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 12th, 2011.
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