THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., AUG. 17, 2023
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ART
I
2. Amendments of preamble, Ordinance XIII of 2002. - In the Pakistan
Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 (XIII of 2002), hereinafter
re:lerred to as the said Ordinance, in the
preamble,-
(i)
for clause (ii), the following shall be substituted; namely:-
"(ii)
enlarge the choice available to the people of Pakistan in the media for
authentic news, current affairs, religious knowledge, tolerance, art, culture,
science, technology, economic and energy development, social sector
concems, music, sports, drama, children content and other subjects of
public and national interest;";
(ii)
in clause (iii), the word "and", occurring at the end, shall be omitted;
(iiD
in clause (v), after semi-colon, at the end, the following new clause shall
be added,
"(v)
namely:-
ensure timely payment
of
salary
to the electronic media employees
working with the licensee of the Authority; and"
(iv)
after proposed clause (v), the following new clause shall be
added,
namely:"(vi) ensure fair, transparent and independent rating to broadcasters for
their TV channels.".
3.
Amendments
Ordinance, in section
2,-
of section 2, Ordinance XIII of 2002.- In the
(i) in clause
said
(g), for the expression "Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of
(XIX of 2017)" shall be
1984)", the expression "Act, 2017
substituted;
(ii)
the existing clause (ha), shall be renumbered as clause (haa), and
after clause (h), the following new clause shall be
namely:"(ha)
inserted,
"disinformation" means ve5[fiably false, misleading,
manipulated, created or fabricated information which is
disseminated or shared with the intention to cause harm to
the reputation of or to harass any person for political,
personal, or financial interest or gains without making an
effort to get other person's point of view or not giving it
proper coverage and space but does not include
misinformation;";