Ruling against ARY could act as a deterrent for stations that broadcast in UK and carry out defamatory attacks on public figuresA libel victory in a British court has posed a major challenge to the bare-knuckle style of Pakistani television channels that specialise in wild attacks on public figures,often at the behest of the country’s intelligence agencies.
Earlier this month Mir Shakil ur Rahman, a Dubai-based media tycoon who owns the Jang newspaper group and Geo television, or won a meaningful victory against ARY,which like most other Pakistani television stations is answerable to British courts because it rebroadcasts in the UK.
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Source: theguardian.com