The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) confirmed that it will present the final Voluntary Self-Regulating Code of Conduct to the information and broadcasting minister in 15 days, after constitutional and legal vetting by its counsel.
This was stated by PBA Chairman Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, in a meeting held in Islamabad, in the information and broadcasting ministry on Monday. The meeting unanimously decided that a joint committee comprising members representing the PBA, the information ministry and Pemra will be constituted to finalise this Code.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Tariq Azeem Khan, Information Secretary Anwar Mahmood, Pemra Chairman Iftikhar Rasheed, Pemra DG (Enforcement) Rana Altaf Majeed, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Geo TV; Salman Iqbal, ARY Digital; Arshad A. Zuberi, Aaj TV; M. Aslam Kazi, KTN; Taher A. Khan, TV One; Yousaf Baig Mirza, PTV; Syed Sarfaraz Hussain Shah, Apna TV; Jawad Hamid Raja, AVT Khyber; Abdul Karim Rajpar, Sindh TV; Ilyas Shakir, Dhoom TV; and Jamil Syed of PBA attended the meeting.-PR