Pemra announces ban on crime re-enactment shows
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday announced a ban on shows dramatising crimes such as rape, murder, robberies and suicide.
Addressing a press conference, Pemra chairman Absar Alam said that the authority has decided to ban such shows which re-enact crimes like murders and suicide, and those that raid places in the name of investigative journalism from the next month.
Absar Alam further said that Pemra is forming a code of conduct for investigative journalism and will "not allow anyone to breach someone's privacy".
"None will be allowed to name rape or suicide victims, family members of rape victims will not be named nor a channel will be allowed to run their interviews," said the Pemra chairman.
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A notification issued by the authority in this regard states that viewers have repeatedly complained about such shows while law enforcement agencies agree that airing of such shows not only entices the youth towards crime but several criminals have confessed learning new crime tactics through these shows.