ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a three month ban on anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood's TV show.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan resumed hearing a suo motu case on the anchorperson's allegations about the Zainab murder case convict's 'foreign links'.
During the course of proceedings, the anchorperson submitted an unconditional apology to the court but the bench ruled to reprimand the anchorperson over his controversial remarks.
As the hearing began, the chief justice revealed that the anchorperson had ridiculed a court officer on his show a day after appearing in court.
The chief justice remarked that the anchorperson had said if the allegations were proved false, then he should be hanged. "Now you decide your own punishment," he added.
The court agreed to a three-month ban on Masood's programme after he submitted a written apology on its directions.
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