The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Thursday issued show cause notices to 31 news channels for a telecast of a news item about a bomb blast in Gulberg locality of Lahore without verification.
The PEMRA had given seven days to the management of the said channels for a reply to the notice.
Following a deadly blast in a shopping centre in Lahore’s Defence area, a news report about the second explosion in Lahore turned out to be a hoax.
