MUMBAI: The BBC World Service has expressed its displeasure over 24 out of its 34 FM partner stations in Pakistan have been asked to cease broadcasting BBC Urdu service's news bulletins by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).

The BBC says that its FM partner stations completed all the required paperwork last October and calls on the Pakistan authorities to allow the stations to resume BBC Urdu news bulletins so that audiences in Pakistan can have access to the BBC's news. No reason for the ban has been officially given to the BBC 

The BBC will monitor the situation closely and continue to support its partners in getting BBC programs back on air.