Pemra suspends Geo, ARY licenses

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) announced on Friday that the licenses of private TV channels Geo Entertainment and ARY News are to be suspended, DawnNews reported. Geo Entertainment has been slapped with a one month suspension along with a Rs10 million fine. ARY News has been given a 15 day license suspension and a Rs10 million fine. Pemra said that Geo Entertainment had its license suspended over airing blasphemous content on one of its shows. ARY News was handed the license suspension over complaints that it had made slanderous statements against the judiciary on one of its shows.