PEMRA has issued a notice to Pakistani private news channel Abb Takk for shamelessly promoting indecent content and blackmailing small businesses for funding their media channel.
Abb Takk published a fake report claiming that two senior political figures, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Principal Secretary Azam Khan, were involved in a heated argument.
The channel claimed that FM Qureshi and Principal Secretary Azam Khan had traded blows during their verbal spat, with FM Qureshi slapping Azam Khan.
Abb Tak has received major repercussions across the board for its negligent behavior. Senior government officials were swift to express their thoughts on the matter on social media platforms.
Dr. Shahbaz Gill, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication, tweeted about the fake news report released by Abb Takk, and called it “a bunch of blatant lies”.
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has also issued a show-cause notice to Abb Takk for the fake report.
“The news was broadcast without any confirmation or review from the concerned government offices and was fake news, as evidenced by the denial issued by the government spokesperson,” PEMRA remarks.
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