• The Act shall come into force at once.
• Sign language interpreters should be hired by media.
• Bulletins should be broadcast with the interpreters

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has accorded his assent to the Access to the Media (Deaf) Persons Act, 2022.

The Act provides that after six months of the commencement of the Act, the government shall not allow to broadcast of 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.

The Act 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.

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The Act 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.

On September 28, President Dr Arif Alvi had called upon the universities to focus on Research and Development activities to produce quality and skilled manpower, which was needed for expeditious socio-economic development of the country.

The President had stated that hiring qualified, committed and professional faculty was of paramount importance for imparting the latest knowledge and for the intellectual development of the graduates.

He had made these remarks while chairing a follow-up meeting on the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad at Aiwan-e-Sadr.