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Daily Archives: April 27, 2014

Those who tap journalists’ phones are behind attack: Hamid Mir

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ISLAMABAD: Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir Saturday said that he was again given threats of attack and was being urged to leave the country. Talking to BBC Urdu from the hospital where he is under treatment after deadly attack, Hamid Mir said that that he considered that an ISI within the ISI was responsible […]


You can gun me down, dump my body but can’t silence me

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ISLAMABAD: Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir said that the elements giving him threats could not intimidate him as they could gun him down and throw his body on a road but such threats could not deter him from calling a spade a spade. He rebutted a claim of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan […]


Judicial commission starts probe tomorrow

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KARACHI: The judicial commission, formed to investigate attack on Geo News anchorperson Hamid Mir, will meet here on Monday. The three-member commission, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman and Justice Ejaz Afzal, will hear the case from April 28 to May 2 at Supreme Court Karachi Registry. The first hearing will be […]


Perception of govt-army rift disappearing

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Senior journalist and anchorperson Kamran Khan has said that the perception of a rift between the government and the Army is disappearing now and there is evidence that the government and the Army are on the same page on all the important issues. Some television channels are attempting to settle scores by raising questions on […]


SHC issues notice to Pemra on employees’ plea

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Karachi: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the deputy attorney general on Friday on a petition of contractual employees of the authority for regularisation. Petitioner Mohammad Naveed Sajid and three others submitted that they were appointed on contractual basis last year on different posts and working […]


Hamid Mir’s photo kicked, burnt

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KARACHI: The photograph of Geo TV anchor Hamid Mir was burnt on Saturday during a rally civil society organisations held here to show solidarity with the Army, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Hamid Mir photograph was kicked and raised hateful slogans against him and later the photograph was […]


Hamid Mir and those we do not speak of

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Hamid Mir has named Those We Do Not Speak Of, or speak of only in utmost reverence because they are the givers of life and the takers of it. We breathe our first and we breathe our last by their leave. We keep on the straight path of patriotism and are rewarded by being spared […]


Camera powered off when Hamid Mir attacked: IGP

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KARACHI: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Iqbal Mehmood on Saturday disclosed that the monitoring camera was powered off due to loadshedding at the time of attack on Geo News Senior Anchor Hamid Mir. “The CCTV installed – monitoring the place where Hamid Mir was attacked – was not working due to loadshedding and stand-by […]


Cable operators flay attack on Hamid Mir

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LAHORE: Cable Operators Association of Pakistan has condemned attack on senior journalist and renowned anchorperson Hamid Mir and prayed for his early recovery. Addressing an emergent press conference at the Lahore Press Club here on Saturday, Association’s central president Capt (retd) Jabbar A Khan, chairman Ghufran Mustafa, secretary general Sheikh Ijaz, vice-chairman Shahid Lodhi and […]


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Curbs on Geo unacceptable: Lahore Press Club seminar

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LAHORE: A large number of journalists from different media organisations, senior lawyers and representatives of various political parties on Saturday unanimously rejected any curbs on Geo News. They vowed to foil any conspiracy against freedom of expression and demanded the immediate arrest of the elements involved in the attack on Hamid Mir. At a seminar […]


US says it is watching events after attack on Hamid Mir

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WASHINGTON: The US has said it is watching developments in Pakistan after the attack on Geo TV journalist Hamid Mir as it launched an annual press freedom campaign. “On the expected blockage of Geo TV, we’re aware of these reports and also aware of the reports that the government has sent a reference to the […]


Hamid Mir’s family surprised at new turn in attack probe

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RAWALPINDI: Senior journalist Agha Khalid on Saturday told Geo that so far a normal enquiry was continuing in the Hamid Mir attack case and progress was satisfactory. However, he said, for the last two days some disturbing information was emerging that the driver and guard accompanying Hamid Mir during the attack would be arrested to […]


Geo, The News, Jang blockade condemned

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ISLAMABAD: The era of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s has gone — when the media could be curbed according to the wishes of powerful forces —and the blocking of Geo TV, Jang and The News in cantonments is highly condemnable, senior politicians said. They also came down hard on Imran Khan for becoming a part […]


PTCL, French Dailymotion accord for new age of video digital services

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KARACHI: Pakistani culture is very vibrant and joint venture of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) with French online streaming giant Dailymotion is another step forward in introducing the Pakistani culture to the world. Head of Economic Affairs of French Embassy in Islamabad Eric Noitakis characterised the accord as an opportunity to further strengthen the friendly […]