President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday approved the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Pemra Amendment Bill under Article of the Constitution . Former information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb hailed the bill becoming law and said it was a joint achievement of media workers and media houses .
The president also asked the members of the delegation to volunteer to educate the youth about fake news and disinformation . The bill aimed at streamlining the procedures to register and monitor ratings of TV channels as well as elaborating on the definitions of disinformation and misinformation was first presented in the National Assembly NA on July and passed on August .
On the last day of its tenure on August the Shehbaz Sharifled government had managed to get the bill passed from both houses of Parliament after some lastminute changes . The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan had expressed concerns that the law could be misused and may allow powerful groups or individuals to stonewall journalists seeking both sides of a story .
The human rights commission of Pakistan HRCP as well well as journalists bodies had expressed concern that the bill could be misuse of the law may have been misused . The delegation thanked the president for his support and for taking an interest in addressing the issues faced by the media community for the new bill by the NA .
The visiting delegation thanked Alvi for their support for the visiting delegation for their understanding of the bill. The delegation said that they thanked the President for their appreciation of their support. The visit to Alvi and for their respect for the bill and for the visit to the president.
The meeting. The visiting team of the visiting team. The Pakistani delegation thanked him for their their support and their support of Alvi. For their support, the delegation. The bill. for their consideration.
