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NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry flouted its own order banning broadcast of PTV (Pakistan) in India and relayed PTV visuals during live telecast of the Kartarpur Sahib programme on November 28. Since this was a special event, this may have been done," a source said.Broadcast and downlinking of over 20 Pakistani TV channels is prohibited in India on the ground that they beam anti-India content. Earlier, DD had broadcast PTV content on its networks in December 2015 when PM Narendra Modi made an unscheduled stopover in Pakistan to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif, who was then the Pakistani PM. "I don't think there was a formal arrangement to telecast the feed. The ban was imposed through a home ministry order citing a security threat, especially in sensitive states like J&K.T he Centre in May 2017 ban- ned broadcast and downlinking of several Pakistani TV channels saying they had the "potential to encourage or incite violence and create law and order disturbance in Kashmir"..