ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday (30th of December, 2022) accorded his assent to the Access to the Media (Deaf) Persons Act, 2022 enforcing TV channels to use sign language.

The Act provides that after six months of its commencement, the government shall not allow to broadcast any news bulletin on the national broadcaster, state or private run electronic media, private television channels, cable TV or any other broadcast media without Pakistan sign language interpreters, a President House press release said.

It also provides that after one year of the commencement of the Act, the government shall not allow to broadcast any program, entertainment, advertisement, talk show, drama, film or any other pictorial segment on the national broadcaster, media, private television channels, cable TV or any other broadcast media without Pakistan sign language interpreters.

The Act further provides that the government and private owned media houses, within six months shall appoint Pakistan sign language interpreters for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

The Act shall come into force at once and shall extend to the whole of Pakistan.

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