Media Monitoring Report – January 2020
Jan 03: Sindh High Court stops police from registering cases against a journalist without court’s permission. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2129389/1-shc-bars-police-registering-cases-journalist-without-courts-permission/
Jan 08: Pakistan Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority releases proposal to regulate Web TV and OTT TV in Pakistan.
Jan 16: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) bans Kashif Abbasi and his political talk-show “Off-the-Record” for six months after Federal Minister Faisal Vowda brough with him “army boot” to fellow penalists from Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Jan 28: Citizens groups, journalists’ body and others reject PEMRA’s draconian proposed draft regulations on Web TV & other allied attempts. http://www.fnpk.org/citizen-groups-journalists-body-reject-pemras-draconian-proposed-draft-regulations-on-web-tv-other-allied-attempts/