NA Committee: ‘No anti-Pakistan words allowed on TV’

No one be allowed to speak against Pakistan in programmes telecast by private television channels, says NA committee.

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday recommended that no one be allowed to speak against Pakistan in programmes telecast by private television channels. Words like “Pakistan will break” must not go on-air and use of such language should be completely banned, suggested the committee. Meanwhile, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan informed the committee that the government was making all-out efforts to provide conducive working environment to media personnel.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2012.