{"id":23050,"date":"2026-07-03T12:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/time-out-with-ahsan-khan-fined-by-pemra-for-using-animals-as-props\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:56:43","slug":"time-out-with-ahsan-khan-fined-by-pemra-for-using-animals-as-props","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23050","title":{"rendered":"Time Out with Ahsan Khan fined by PEMRA for using animals as props"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on TV Channel <em>Express Entertainment<\/em> for using animals as props on <em>Time Out with Ahsan Khan<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a title=\"Complaint filed against \u2018Time Out with Ahsan Khan\u2019 for animal cruelty\" href=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/complaint-filed-against-time-out-with-ahsan-khan-for-animal-cruelty\/\">Complaint filed against \u2018Time Out with Ahsan Khan\u2019 for animal cruelty <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The petition was filed by lawyer Faizullah Khan Niazi on behalf of Santia Gulzar against the channel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PEMRA saw fit to accept my arguments and impose a fine on <em>Express Entertainment<\/em> for using animals as props for the purposes of entertainment in its show <em>Time Out with Ahsan Khan<\/em>,&#8221; announced the lawyer on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The CoC upheld the rights of animals and stopped unnecessary pain and suffering being caused to them,&#8221; he further added.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/niazi_faizullah\/status\/1387733747433365504?s=20<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Subjugating animals to such uncalled for treatment is clearly prohibited under Article 4 and Article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan,&#8221; stated the order from PEMRA declaring that the show caused unnecessary pain and suffering to the animals used as props..<\/p>\n<p>The show has a segment where the host \u201cpunishes\u201d guests by asking them to hold a furry rabbit in their lap. He, then, laughs while the celebrity guests get uncomfortable and scream.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is happy with the decision taken by PEMRA. Have a look at the reactions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My little brother makes me proud again. Well done <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/niazi_faizullah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@niazi_faizullah<\/a> &#8211; animal rights are as important as any other rights. No animal should suffer Bcz of public entertainment. Well done Faiz and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SalmanKNiazi1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SalmanKNiazi1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zuOBwa2wVf\">https:\/\/t.co\/zuOBwa2wVf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HniaziISF\/status\/1387736998803218433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/hirajaleel\/status\/1388228209561513984?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I really cannot express my happiness over the show getting fined. From putting status, petition, after status to rescuers contacting the show &amp; getting vague responses, finally we can say that we that case for animals have been taken to the court. Alhumdullilah <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvyTd2uZ5P\">https:\/\/t.co\/YvyTd2uZ5P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Billiyon ki Maa (@Kiranology) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kiranology\/status\/1388167166525067270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEMRA has imposed a fine of Rs500,000 on TV Channel Express Entertainment for using animals as props on Time Out with Ahsan Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[321],"class_list":["post-23050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ahsan-khantime-out-with-ahsan-khan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}