Pakistan Heart Association asks PEMRA to ban Sheikh Rashid for smoking cigar on live telecast.

The Pakistan National Heart Association (Panah) has asked the electronic media regulator to stop covering former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed because he smokes cigars during press conferences, which can influence the younger generation.

Furthermore, it has requested that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issue a general directive not to provide coverage to anyone who promotes smoking.

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Panah General Secretary Sanaullah Ghumman stated in the letter that the organisation has been working to reduce cardiovascular diseases since 1984.

“This association had also put in its good share in helping people who suffered in the natural disasters that struck the nation in the past and is also helping poor patients get expensive cardiac investigations, angioplasty, stents and cardiac surgery at various hospitals. The president of Islamic Republic of Pakistan by virtue of his position is our patron-in-chief. Panah works closely with policy makers to advocate for policies to reduce non communicable diseases (NCDs) and many other fatal diseases,” it stated,