Pemra close BOLchannel in Islamabad due to lacking security clearance.
It was mentioned that Pemra’s attorney had made it clear that neither channel would be permitted to go on air if the Interior Ministry did not grant M/s Labbaik security clearance.After going over all the documents pertaining to the court’s orders and the letters sent out by the Interior Ministry, the media regulatory body ordered that transmission of both BOL channels cease.According to the media watchdog, M/s Labbaik did not submit any applications for the licence renewal of BOL Entertainment, which was set to expire in December 2021.Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI and a former prime minister, reacted to the news by saying that Shehbaz Sharif’s coalition government had suspended BOL because it had given his party coverage.
“Imported government has increased media blackouts and journalist persecution to fascist levels. Now Bol has been suspended simply because it gave us coverage. The message to all media organisations is to exclude from mainstream media coverage the largest and most well-liked national political party. Unacceptable,” he wrote on his official Twitter handle






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