Pak defence wants Indian channels out
2 Aug 2012 2:39 PM IST
Pakistan's defence establishment has demanded that the government should immediately close all illegal Indian TV channels to check ‘India's hostile agenda against Pakistan’, according to a media report on Wednesday.
The defence establishment had repeatedly conveyed its ‘extreme concern’ to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority and the Information Ministry over the ‘onslaught of Indian propaganda’, specifically programming that targets the young generation, Pakistani culture and nationalism.
The defence set-up is also concerned about India's alleged ‘hostile agenda against Pakistan and its institutions through the illegal television channels’, The News daily quoted its sources in the Information Ministry as saying.
The defence establishment approached PEMRA and the Information Ministry, at least thrice since 2008, with the demand that the private channels showing banned Indian programming must be closed down ‘without getting into economics as such ventures go against the national interest’. ‘Hostile agenda of Indian media is presently being facilitated by weak monitoring and implementation system in Pakistan,’ the report quoted an official letter as saying.
The defence establishment had repeatedly conveyed its ‘extreme concern’ to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority and the Information Ministry over the ‘onslaught of Indian propaganda’, specifically programming that targets the young generation, Pakistani culture and nationalism.
The defence set-up is also concerned about India's alleged ‘hostile agenda against Pakistan and its institutions through the illegal television channels’, The News daily quoted its sources in the Information Ministry as saying.
The defence establishment approached PEMRA and the Information Ministry, at least thrice since 2008, with the demand that the private channels showing banned Indian programming must be closed down ‘without getting into economics as such ventures go against the national interest’. ‘Hostile agenda of Indian media is presently being facilitated by weak monitoring and implementation system in Pakistan,’ the report quoted an official letter as saying.
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