ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday asked Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to devise a mechanism to ensure credibility of news.
The committee observed that electronic media is running after rating of programs and there is no mechanism to ensure credibility of news. The committee, hence, directed PEMRA that no defamatory and fake news, without confirmation, is aired on media against any respectable member of society including legislators for the sake of rating.
The committee meeting chaired by MNA Javed Latif observed that certain news channels telecast fake news daily but no action is taken against them.