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Employees condemn move against Geo, Jang Group

Khalid Iqbal RAWALPINDI: The employees of Daily Jang and The News staged a protest rally here on Monday to condemn move against the Geo network and stoppage of advertisements to Jang and The News. A large number of lawyers, religious scholars, civil society members and students participated in the rally and condemned government action against […]


Offices of Geo, Jang group ransacked

KARACHI, January 30,2005:About 30 to 35 unidentified people, riding on 18 to 20 motorcycles, attacked the main building of the Jang Group of Publications here in the wee hours of Saturday at about 2.00am. They opened fire, beat the security staff of the building and overpowered them. Later they ransacked the reception area and smashed […]


Statement by Jang and Geo Group

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ISLAMABAD: In a protest demonstration by civil society and media rights organisations for a journalist Asad Toor who was beaten up by yet to be identified men, Geo’s senior anchorperson Hamid Mir made a speech that has resulted in a backlash from different segments of society. The Editorial Committee and lawyers will check for violation […]


Jang-Geo Media Group attack: Case registered, 13 arrested

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KARACHI: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts on Monday remanded 13 suspects to jail for their alleged involvement in the attack on Geo News and Jang Media Group’s central offices in Karachi. The offices were attacked on Sunday by a violent mob, enraged over a video snippet from a television programme that had reportedly […]


Jang-Geo Group workers continue protest for Mir Shakil-ur Rahman’s release

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RAWALPINDI: The workers of Geo, Jang and The News along with representatives of civil society, political workers continued their countrywide protest on the 54th day against the illegal arrest of Editor-in-Chief of Geo and Jang Group Shakil-Ur-Rahman and pledged to continue their struggle till his release. Carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour […]


Arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman: Geo-Jang Group workers continue protest

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RAWALPINDI/KARACHI/LAHORE/MULTAN/PESHAWAR: The workers of the Geo-Jang Group along with political, social, human rights activists, doctors, lawyers, labour leaders, traders, newspapers hawkers and journalist organizations continued their protest on Wednesday against the arrest of the Editor-in-Chief of Geo and Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and vowed to continue their protest till the release. The political, civil society […]


Top lawyers condemn detention of Jang-Geo Group Editor-in-Chief

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LAHORE: Lawyers have strongly condemned the continuous illegal detention of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman by National Accountability Bureau. They demanded immediate release of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. Senior lawyer and constitutional expert Abid Hassan Minto denounced the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in a 34-year old property case, saying in Pakistan, ruling elitehad always used laws to stifle […]


Jang-Geo Group employees continue hunger strike against Editor-in-Chief’s arrest

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SLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: On the call of the Joint Action Committee of the workers of the Geo and Jang Group, the media workers Friday staged a hunger strike camp for the release Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman outside the Geo office in Islamabad. Addressing the hunger strike camp, Naib Ameer Jammat-e-Islami Mian Muhammad Aslam and President PML-N […]


Seeking Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s release: Jang-Geo Group CBA to organise hunger strike camps

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KARACHI/QUETTA/LAHORE/MULTAN/ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The Jang-Geo Group’s CBA unions and journalist associations in Karachi have appealed to the international journalist organisations to raise their voice against the illegal and unjust arrest of Jang/Geo Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and join hands in the struggle to free the media in Pakistan. The Jang-Geo Group CBA Action Committee in its meeting […]


Another attack on Jang/Geo Group in the offing?

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ISLAMABAD: After establishing a controversial case against the Jang-Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and arresting him, preparations have been made for another attack on the largest media group of the country. In a latest development as part of steps to gag the voice of independent media, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has contacted the […]


Protests for release of Editor-in-Chief Jang-Geo: Group Action Committee appeals to postpone demos

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KARACHI: The Jang-Geo Group Action Committee has appealed to journalists, trade unionists and civil society to put off the country-wide protest for the release of the Jang Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and against his victimization at the hands of the NAB in a 34-year-old case. In a statement issued on the occasion of the […]


Jang/Geo Group continues protest against arrest of Editor-in-Chief

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ISLAMABAD: The workers of the Geo, Jang and The News on the call of the Joint Action Committee of the workers continued their countrywide protest on Friday against the arrest of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and announced to hold protest rally at NAB headquarters in Islamabad on March 24. The protest of the workers of the […]


Who is behind the campaign against Jang/ Geo Group?

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ISLAMABAD: Barrister Shahzad Akbar-led Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) of the Prime Minister’ Office denies the rumors circulating in Islamabad that he’s coordinating campaign on Jang/ Geo Group that include the arrest of Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on a false case. Akbar, who is also Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Special […]


Arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman: Jang-Geo Group workers continue protest

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ISLAMABAD: The workers of Geo, Jang and The News on the call of the Joint Action Committee of the media workers continued their countrywide protest on Friday against the arrest of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. In Islamabad, the protest of Jang, Geo and The News workers was also participated by journalists from other media groups, political […]