Pakistani channel’s high official arrested hours after ban on station for airing ‘seditious’ content material

A senior official of Pakistani information channel ARY News was arrested on Wednesday hours after the station was taken off air for airing ‘seditious’ content material.

ARY News Channel’s Vice President Ammad Yosuaf (Twitter/@AmmadYosuaf)

Pakistani tv channel ARY News mentioned on Wednesday that its senior government vice-president Ammad Yousaf had been arrested in Karachi. The channel’s assertion got here simply hours after it was taken off air for being vital of the federal government.

Another purpose cited behind the transfer to dam the channel was that it allegedly aired seditious content material. According to ARY News, Yousaf was arrested with no warrant from his residence within the DHA space in Karachi.

ARY News in a press release mentioned: “Police officers, along with plain-clothed personnel, forcibly entered the house of Ammad Yousaf. The raiding team diverted the CCTV cameras of Yousaf’s house, and jumped into the house from the top of the main entrance.”

Earlier, the channel was served a discover by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), stating that it was taken off the air “for airing objectionable, hateful, seditious, based on absolute disinformation with a clear and present threat to national security by instigating rebellion within the armed forces with malafide intent to cause a rift between the government and forces”.

The CEO of the channel has now been requested by PEMRA to seem for an in-person listening to on August 10.

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