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In March, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) banned broadcasts of the former prime minister’s speeches and press conferences on the grounds that he was promoting hate speech and attacking state institutions. In May, after Khan’s arrest on corruption charges prompted nationwide protests by supporters of his PTI party, Pemra issued a directive asking media channels to refrain from providing airtime to individuals who promote hate speech. Khan was not named in the directive but journalists say it was clear the directive referred to him. “It is ridiculous that we can report on the charges and cases against Khan but we can’t mention his name or show his pictures,” said Asma Shirazi, a senior journalist and political commentator who hosts a primetime current affairs show. “All these tactics are used to bring the media under pressure.” Hamid Mir, a renowned journalist who has worked for newspapers and on television for decades, said history was repeating itself. “Pemra banned speeches and interviews with [the former prime minister] Nawaz Sharif, and interviews with [former president] Asif Ali Zardari and [Nawaz’s daughter] Maryam Nawaz were not aired. Now it is Imran Khan. Nothing has changed.” Sources in the local media said media owners have been invited to meetings with senior military officials where they were warned not to give any coverage to Khan. A senior journalist working in TV said “it was made clear in the meeting that Khan is enemy No 1”. Anot...

ISLAMABAD, June 8 (Reuters) - Pakistan's ousted former prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days, his lawyer said. Khan was arrested on May 9 and held for three days, triggering violent protests by his followers. He is now free on bail in a range of criminal cases. He had travelled to the capital from his Lahore home to seek bail in the murder case and extend his bail in over a dozen other cases to avoid a fresh arrest, said his lawyer Gohar Khan. Another of his lawyers, Naeem Haider, said he also received bail in all the other cases in which he had applied for it. The 70-year-old former cricket hero who become prime minister in 2018 has been embroiled in a confrontation with Pakistan's powerful military since he was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year. The military has ruled directly or overseen civilian governments since the creation of Pakistan, where political confrontations are often fought out in court. Khan's Since Khan was freed, new charges against him have been piling up. On Wednesday, police named him in connection with the murder of a lawyer seeking sedition proceedings against him. Khan says he is facing nearly 150 cases and denies guilt in all of them. His lawyer Gohar Khan had said the former prime minister would on Thursday approach the anti-terrorism courts, anti-graft courts and the High Court in Islama...