Pakistan Bans All 11 Christian TV Stations, Arrests Cable Operators in Crackdown

Pakistan’s television regulatory body has banned all 11 Christian TV channels airing in the country and arrested at least six cable operators for defying the order, according to reports. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, or PEMRA, does not grant landing rights for religious content, allowing the airing of Christian messages only for Christmas

and Easter. However, the Christian channels had been operating for more than two and a half decades, just as numerous Islamic channels still do. PEMRA has now formally deemed the Christian channels illegal, and is cracking down on cable operators who are still airing the channels. At least six of them have been arrested, according to UCAnews. READ MORE