Government issued show-cause notices on Thursday to three private members of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Israr Abbasi, Mian Shams and Fareeha Iftikhar citing ‘abuse of power,’ Dunya News reported.
The notice seems explanation from the members for allegedly abusing their power afforded by the authority and violating the system.
The notice also alleges the members to have adopted ‘improper conduct’.
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These three members including two other private members met on May 20 to decide fate of GeoTV and had suspended licenses of Geo News, Geo Entertainment and Geo Tez TV out of five TV channels owned and operated by Geo/Jang group and moved for revocation of licenses, Dunya News had reported.