Pak anchors barred from giving opinions in talk shows

Pakistan’s electronic media regulator has barred the television anchors from giving “opinions” during the talk shows and has limited their role of being a “moderator”, a media report said on Monday.

In a order issued on Sunday, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority also directed the anchors hosting regular shows “not to appear as experts” in talk shows in their own or other channels, the Dawn newspaper reported.

As per the PEMRA code of conduct, the role of anchors is to moderate the programmes in an objective, unbiased and impartial manner, excluding themselves from their personal opinions, biases and judgements on any issue.