THE GAZET'TE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., AUG. 17, 2023
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Provincial Govemment to which stands allocated the business in this
behalf to stop release of TV or radio commercials to the licensee till the
payment of pending dues to its employees.".
10.
Amendments of section 24, Ordinance
XIU of 200}- In the said
Ordinance, in section 24,
(i)
for sub-section (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(4) A licence of broadcast media shall be valid for a period of
twenty years and distribution service licence shall be valid for a period not
exceeding ten years from the issuance date subject to payment of annual
fee, including late payment fee if any as may be prescribed from time to
time but shall not include annual gross advertisement revenue in any form
whatsoever."; and
(ii)
after sub-section (4), substituted as aforesaid, the following new
section shall be inserted,
sub-
namely:-
"(4A) Licence renewal fee shall be fifty percent ofapplicable fee of
last bid price of the same category but shall not include annual gross
advertisement revenue in any form whatsoever.".
ll.
Substitution of section 26, Ordinance
XIII of 2002.- In the said
Ordinance, for section 26,the following shall be substituted,
namely:-
"26. Councils of Complaints.- (l) The Federal Government shall,
by notification in the official Gazette, establish Councils of Complaints for
general public, bodies, etc. and for grievance of the electronic media
employees regarding their wages, salaries, dues, etc. at Islamabad, the
Provincial capitals and also
at
such other places as the
Federal
Govemment may determine.
(2) Each Council shall receive and review complaints made by persons or
organizations from general public against any aspects of programmes broadcast or
distributed by a station established through a licence issued by the Authority and render
opinions on such complaints.
(3) Each Council shall receive and review complaints made by the electronic
media employees to the extent of the following matters only, namely:(a)
payment
of minimum wages policy; and (b) timely payment of their
salaries,
and the Council shall render opinions and recommendations on such
complaints to the Authority for appropriate decision or order.