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Tamed media to hurt Pakistan

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AFTER battling a mounting charge on its policies, practices and credibility for over a month now Geo and its parent group Jang have claimed the television channel is finally down, even if temporarily. Cable operators in most parts of the country appear to have pulled the plug on the channel. Why was this media giant […]


Geo closure not acceptable: Journalists

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KARACHI: Thousands of journalists from the Jang/Geo group and several other media organisations, during a protest demonstration outside the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) office, said that the closure of Geo TV was unacceptable for them and the journalist community would not hesitate to render any sacrifice for the cause of freedom of expression. […]


No reason to close channel if it apologises: Pervaiz

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid said on Thursday that there was no justification for shutting down a channel and if it had made a mistake, realised it and tendered an apology, it should be accepted. He said that it was advisable to follow the policy of live and let others live […]


Journalists boycott Punjab Assembly proceedings

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LAHORE: The journalist community stood by the Jang Group on Wednesday and boycotted the Punjab Assembly proceedings followed by warning of strict action by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan to the cable operators illegally blacking out the Geo News. The journalists from all news channels and newspapers unanimously boycotted the proceedings of the Punjab Assembly […]


Senators for an end to protracted media clash

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday resumed discussion on political situation in the aftermath of attack on Hamid Mir. Speaking on the occasion, they said a committee of parliamentarians should be formed to resolve the conflict among different media groups. Taking part in the debate, Hafiz Hamdullah of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) asked the government to take […]


UK minister expresses solidarity with Hamid Mir & Geo

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LONDON: Britain’s Minister for Justice and Civil Liberties Simon Hughes MP has said that the assassination attempt on Geo anchor Hamid Mir’s life is “doubly unacceptable” because Hamid Mir has done his job as a critical journalist. Speaking to The News here, the Liberal Democrats leader said that any individual being attacked in unacceptable but […]


Hamid Mir records statement third time

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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and Geo News anchor Hamid Mir Tuesday appeared before the Judicial Commission third time and recorded his statement. Upon arrival at the court, Hamid Mir was accorded a warm welcome by the journalists from different media outlets who were chanting slogans in his favour and were demanding justice.Hamid Mir came into court […]


Hamid Mir records statement before Judicial Commission

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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist and anchorperson of Geo TV Hamid Mir on Monday appeared before the Judicial Commission in the Supreme Court and recorded his statement. Hamid Mir, who arrived in the Supreme Court on a wheelchair along with a large number of media persons, appeared before the Judicial Commission for the second time and recorded […]


They are killing freedom of expression!

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Evolving democracies like Pakistan have sharper contradictions between major power institutions. As it is a young democracy, the struggle between different power centres is noisy and dirty. At the same time, it is worrying for all democrats because democracy has been killed in its infancy many a time by military dictators. The present strain in […]


Hamid Mir — a symbol of bravery and courage

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I can never forget November 26, 2012 when in the afternoon Mr. Hamid Mir called me telling that there was a bomb found installed in his car. The next thing, he quickly told me not saying further about what he was going through, but about the panelists he was interested to have in the show, […]


Hamid Mir inquiry commission: acting IG submits report

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KARACHI: Acting IG Sindh Karachi on Friday submitted his report on the progress made in the investigation in Hamid Mir attack case to the Supreme Court’s 3-member inquiry commission probing firing incident on the senior Geo TV journalist. The commission headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali is to ascertain facts, identify culprits and fix responsibility […]


LPC Life Members Forum holds demo

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LAHORE: Showing solidarity with senior anchorperson Hamid Mir and Jang/Geo, journalists, politicians, religious leaders and members of civil society vowed on Thursday to resist any move to ban Jang/Geo at any pretext. They were speaking at a protest demonstration, held under the banner of Life Members Forum of Lahore Press Club at the LPC here. […]


Doctors stop Hamid Mir from meetings

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ISLAMABAD: The health of senior journalist and renowned anchorperson, Hamid Mir has been deteriorating for the last two days and doctors have stopped him from meetings, watching television and reading newspapers. Six bullets had hit Hamid Mir. Out of these, three bullets were taken out of his body.His shoulder is in a better condition but […]


AIG briefs SC commission on progress in Hamid Mir case

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KARACHI: Additional IG Karachi on Thursday briefed the Supreme Court’s three-member inquiry commission, probing firing incident on senior Geo TV anchorperson Hamid Mir, about the progress of investigation in the case. The commission headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, which has been given the responsibilities to ascertain facts, identify culprits and fix responsibility for the […]