From Sajjad HussainIslamabad, Jan 26 (PTI) A popular TV anchor has been banned by Pakistans electronic media for "preaching hate" after he allegedly called for the murder of some of the disappeared civil society activists and bloggers for blasphemy. "Amir Liaquat (Hussain) and his programme have been banned with immediate effect for preaching hate," PEMRA said in a notification. "Aamir Liaquat is also prohibited from delivering any hate speech, declaring anyone Kaafir or Ghaddar on any TV Channel. Later, he joined Bol TV where he has been seen targeting political opponents or those having different ideologies. PEMRA is quite active in taking punitive actions against TV channels and anchors for violating the code of conduct which outlaws any kind of hate speech.

Source: India Today January 26, 2017 13:30 UTC