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Pakistan's Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has not prevented any television presenter from expressing their views during the talk shows, government spokesman Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday.<\/p>\n
After going to Twitter a day after Pemra ordered TV presenters not to give their "opinions" during the talk shows and limited their role to a "moderator," he said the presenters are free to "discuss anything and all "during their" exclusive programs ". <\/p>\n Awan, the prime minister's special assistant in information and broadcasting, emphasized that Pemra's notice was a reiteration of the authority's existing code of conduct regarding court orders "that must be addressed to avoid conjecture."<\/p>\n In a scathing directive issued on Sunday, Pemra had ordered the presenters to present regular programs that did not appear as experts in talk shows on their own or other channels. The media were advised to select the guests in the talk shows with great care and taking into account their knowledge and experience in a particular subject.<\/p>\n \u201cParticipants \/ guests should be selected with due care and have credibility as fair and impartial analysts with the necessary knowledge \/ experience on the subject. According to Pemra's code of conduct, the role of the presenters is to moderate the programs in an objective, impartial and impartial manner, excluding themselves from their personal opinions, prejudices and judgments on any subject. Therefore, presenters offering exclusive regular programs should not appear in talk shows if [on] own or other channels as experts in the field, "said the directive sent to all licensees of satellite television channels.<\/p>\n He said that the High Court of Islamabad had in his order dated October 26 in the matter of Shahbaz Sharif versus the state<\/em> learned of several speculative television programs in which the presenters, in violation of the code of conduct, tried to defame the judiciary and its decision with bad intentions. "The court has sought a report of Pemra's actions on such violations with reprimand," he added.<\/p>\n Pemra said that the IHC had also noticed that some presenters \/ journalists held speculative discussions on October 25 on some television channels and alleged an alleged agreement regarding the bond granted to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on October 26.<\/p>\n "It was believed that this was an attempt to tarnish the image and integrity of honorable higher courts and make their judgment controversial," he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n Source: https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1513408\/no-tv-anchor-stopped-from-expressing-views-says-awan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pakistan's Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has not prevented any television presenter from expressing their views during the talk shows, government spokesman Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday. 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