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| Pakistan to get BBC on FM again | Pakistan to get BBC on FM again |
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| The BBC is set to resume live Urdu FM news bulletins to Pakistan on Tuesday through local FM partner stations. | The BBC is set to resume live Urdu FM news bulletins to Pakistan on Tuesday through local FM partner stations. |
| The broadcasts were banned by Pakistan's television and radio regulator, Pemra, in 2005. | The broadcasts were banned by Pakistan's television and radio regulator, Pemra, in 2005. |
| The BBC World Service then agreed that the five-minute bulletins would be pre-recorded and uploaded to a website Pemra had access to before broadcast. | The BBC World Service then agreed that the five-minute bulletins would be pre-recorded and uploaded to a website Pemra had access to before broadcast. |
| BBC staff and unions say that might have led to censorship. The management say there was no interference. | BBC staff and unions say that might have led to censorship. The management say there was no interference. |
| All FM news was banned during the six weeks of emergency rule that President Pervez Musharraf imposed in November as part of a wider clampdown on the media. | All FM news was banned during the six weeks of emergency rule that President Pervez Musharraf imposed in November as part of a wider clampdown on the media. |
| The new government that came to power in February on a wave of opposition to Mr Musharraf says the BBC should be be able to broadcast freely in Pakistan. | |
| "I see no reason why [the BBC] should be under any restrictions," Information Minister Sherry Rehman, a former journalist, told the BBC on Saturday. | |
| When asked by the BBC about the existing Pemra restrictions relating to the BBC broadcasting live she said, "You have my commitment on changing that." |