A close aide of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, 9 August, after pulling a private TV channel off air for airing his interview considered as seditious and threatening to national security.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill, who is also a spokesperson of Khan, participated in an ARY News programme on Monday and heavily criticised the Shehbaz Sharif government for trying to pitch the former premier against the Army.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued a show-cause notice to ARY News for airing what it called was "false, hateful and seditious" content based on "absolute disinformation with a clear and present threat to national security by instigating rebellion within the armed forces".