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Cable TV operators to follow

code of conduct

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) will not allow private cable TV operators to telecast objectionable programmes, Culture Ministry sources said here on Tuesday.

The people who will get licences to distribute cable TV would be asked to follow a code of conduct strictly.

To check the programmes, a special monitoring centre will also be set up under the supervision of senior officials of PTA and the ministries of information and culture, the sources added.

It may be mentioned here that private cable TV was being run in some areas of the country illegally but now in the light of Federal Cabinet decision licences are being issued for this business.

The PTA has been authorised to issue licences and regulate this business including evolving code of conduct.ÑAPP