Recently, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz before addressing a press conference in Lahore got the ARY News mic removed from the rostrum, for inculpated the media house for misleading publicity against state organizations and PML-N.
She even paid respect to ARY media personnel attending the conference saying
“Whoever is here from ARY, I completely respect you, but there is no way a media house can run a campaign against state institutes or start working on someone else’s agenda,”
Responding to this Senior journalist and anchorperson Kashif Abbasi of ARY News turned to his Twitter and said
“Ary removed from cables across pakistan.Maryam nawaz ne jalsa main ary pe tanqeed shuru ker aur ab Marium ne channel band ker dia.opposition main jamhooriat ka dard hai ke sone nahin deta.hukoomat main asliyat Nazar aati in sab ki.”
Ary removed from cables across pakistan.Maryam nawaz ne jalsa main ary pe tanqeed shuru ker aur ab Marium ne channel band ker dia.opposition main jamhooriat ka dard hai ke sone nahin deta.hukoomat main asliyat Nazar aati in sab ki
— Kashif Abbasi (@Kashifabbasiary) May 24, 2022
While talking to a local channel he further said
“A news channel covers both the Opposition and the government, which is what ARY is doing. Covering the Opposition is not an issue, and there is nothing new in this. But how can you shut down a news channel on the basis of the coverage it is providing? When they are in Opposition, they represent themselves as being the biggest democrats and supporters of press freedom. Where has their press freedom gone now? All I want to know from the sitting government is why have they shut down the channel.”
It was also revealed that ARY has been taken down in parts of Pakistan following the orders of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to the cable operators. All the cable operators have shifted the ARY News channel to number 66 from 7. Nayatel, which is an internet service and streaming platform tweeted
All licensed operators of Pakistan have shifted position of ARY News channel. It’s available at 66 position on Nayatel’s Basic Cable TV.
— Nayatel (@nayatelpk) May 24, 2022
