Pakistan bans airing of Imran Khan speeches, suspends TV channel
Al JazeeraAPR 2023
This ban is disgraceful as the media regulator is clearly violating the constitutional right to freedom of expression. Censoring the statements of any political leader is an unjustified move that hinders the public's access to relevant information. Khan's claims of conspiracies against him only grow stronger as the government blatantly tries to wipe him from the public airwaves.
Khan has been making agitational speeches to his political base as he seeks to disseminate hate against Pakistan's institutions and officers, engendering chaos and turmoil in the country. In adherence to the provisions of its Electronic Media Code of Conduct 2015, this is the third time – and hopefully the last– that PEMRA has had to impose such restrictions on Khan.