ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued notice to all television channels, barring to invite Hafiz Hamdullah in TV programmes.
The PEMRA ordered all television channel in its letterto stop inviting and projecting the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) firebrand leader Maulana Hafiz Hamdullah as he is a ‘confirmed Alien’ as per records of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and ‘not a citizen of Pakistan’.
It is stated, “Since, it is established that the said person is an ‘alien’, therefore, all the TV channels (News and Current Affairs) are directed to refrain from inviting and projecting Mr. Hafiz Hamdullah Saboor in their programmes/talks shows, news etc.”(With Additional Input From INP)
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