THE GAZET'TE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., AUG. 17, 2023 7'72 ART I 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.

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