LHC orders lifting ban on Imran Khan’s speeches. On Thursday, the Lahore High Court suspended a PEMRA order prohibiting local media outlets from broadcasting speeches by PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza announced the verdict, which had been reserved earlier in the day, on a defiant politician facing a slew of cases.
Earlier this week, the PTI chairman challenged the media watchdog’s contentious orders on the broadcast of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s live and recorded speeches. Khan’s legal counsel argued in the plea that the speech ban violated the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Such restrictions caused chaos and political unrest in the country. (Also Read: PEMRA suspends ARY News license for airing Imran Khan’s speeches )
The mainstream media regulator banned broadcasting speeches and news conferences of the populist leader, accusing him of hurling verbal attacks at the state’s institutions and promoting hate speech.
PEMRA has banned TV channels from airing the PTI chief’s speeches for the third time since he was removed from power in a no-confidence vote.
یہ وہ قیامت ہےجو خون کے پیاسےمجرموں کےکرپٹ گروہ نےقوم پر ڈھائی ہے۔انہوں نےہمارا آئین،ہمارےبنیادی حقوق اور قانون کی حکمرانی کو پامال کیاہے۔خواتین سمیت تحریک کےمعصوم اور نہتےکارکنوں کوپولیس کی بدترین وحشت وتشدد کانشانہ بنایاگیاجبکہ زیرِحراست ایک کارکن کو موت کی نیند سلا دیا گیاہے pic.twitter.com/JjmoYRPlhK
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 8, 2023
