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Daily Archives: May 17, 2014

Demos held against Geo TV

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KARACHI: Protest rallies were taken out against Geo TV after the channel showed controversial content in its morning show ‘Utho Jago Pakistan’, hosted by Shaista Lodhi. Protests erupted in various cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, by activists of religious organisations who chanted slogans and flashed banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the TV […]


Uproar over Geo programme turns into full-blown controversy

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LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Friday adopted a watered down resolution against the Geo Television for, what the opposition called, airing of a blasphemous programme in its morning transmission, while protest rallies against the media house were held across the country. The original mover of the resolution and the opposition leader, Mahmoodur Rasheed of the […]


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 […]