KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) annulled the ban imposed on court reporting by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).
A two-member bench headed by Justice Muhammad Shafi of the Sindh High Court heard the petition by PEMRA against the ban on court reporting.
After the completion of the hearing, the court accepted the request of the court reporters against the decision of PEMRA and annulled the directive of PEMRA regarding the ban on court reporting.
The court allowed journalists to report on the court.
It should be noted that PEMRA had imposed a ban on court reporting a few months ago, against which petitions were filed in Sindh High Court and Islamabad High Court on behalf of journalistic organizations.
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Earlier, Peshawar High Court (PHC) was moved against the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) November 24 protest, seeking to declare it as illegal and unconstitutional.
The petition filed by Jalal ud Din, a businessman, through Advocate Afroz Ahmad in Peshawar High Court (PHC).
The Chief Minister KP Ali Amin Gandapur, provincial cabinet, Chief Sectary KP, Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs and Inspector General of Police(IG) KP.
