ISLAMABAD,  Jun 3 (APP): Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on  Friday issued notices to Geo (Jew) News, Dawn News, News One and Dunya News for  being irresponsible and provoking anti-national sentiments among   viewers by sensitizing events unnecessarily. According  to a PEMRA press  release, some of the talk shows and programmes of  these channels were  observed in violation of Section 20 of PEMRA  Ordinance 2002 read with  Rule 15 of PEMRA Rules 2009 and clause (1) (d)  (g) (h) of Code  of  Conduct set out in the Schedule-B of PEMRA Rules  2009. 
After  the PNS Mehran tragedy, it  was being observed that some news  channels  were not realizing their  journalistic responsibility and ethics  towards society, institutions  and country. Some news channels even went  overboard in maligning role  of security agencies, armed forces and  state institutions.
For  instance, Geo News televised  interview of an alleged eye witness of   PNS Mehran attack and created  undue sensation and hype without even  bothering  to verify the facts and realizing the grave repercussions  that such irresponsible journalism  could have on country. The eyewitness later proved fake!  No responsible media anywhere in  the world undermines the repute,  respect sovereignty or integrity of its nation, institutions or its  forces or pass aspersions against them. Instead, media in the world  safeguard their national  and strategic  interests. Media in Pakistan  has been given  enormous freedom of expression and speech but there must  be some line  drawn between desirable and undesirable by media at their  own. Media in Pakistan today has to understand their responsibility  before it is too  late.
The PEMRA always upheld  its policy  of “Self Regulation” and will continue to do so. PEMRA is  constantly  engaged in consultative process with all its stakeholders to  mitigate  such occurrences which are not acceptable.
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