Cable operators can’t be granted right to manage channels: Rashid

LAHORE: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said that it was not the right of cable operator to show or shut any channel down, Geo News reported.

Talking to media in Lahore, the information minister said cable operators could not be granted right to manage channels.

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has launched an action against shutting down the channel, he said.

“I have been apprised over opening of the channel by cable operators in some areas”, he told media and added that cable operators were doing the same in the past as well.

To a question, Pervaiz Rashid said the military did not interfere in present and in the past, adding it thinks in the national interest. He added that the issue of Pervez Musharraf was an individual matter.