LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Tuesday came down heavily on the Jang Group of Publications as well as Geo Television Network. Taseer was talking to media at a photo exhibition of the PPP leaders at Alhamra Art Gallery here. Denying the recent reports of his absence from the country, the governor said that not […]
By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to PPP’s Raja Riaz, senior minister in the Punjab Assembly and Uzma Bukhari, PPP MPA, for leveling allegations during an assembly session against Jang-Geo Group and its staffers. A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Pervez […]
ISLAMABAD: The International Media Corporation (Pvt) Limited in a petition filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan has sought relief against the malicious campaign launched by the PPP parliamentarians and its activists against the Jang group publications, Geo TV network, their owners and some of the senior journalists. The International Media Corporation (Pvt) Limited filed […]
GILGIT: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday came under severe attack in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly from the opposition benches for unleashing a relentless assault on the Jang Media Group for “attempting to dislodge the government”. Wazir Hassan, a PPP lawmaker from Rondu, speaking on a point of order, asked the government to put […]
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: The so-called core committee of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) that held an emergency meeting at the president house here Tuesday evening favoured the idea of calling the Army and handing Karachi over to it for maintaining law and order situation in the biggest city of the country. The […]
KARACHI: Central Secretary for Information of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Fauzia Wahab, said on Tuesday that her party had decided to boycott Jang Group and Geo. No parliamentarian, party office-bearer or activist of the People’s Party would participate in any programme of Geo. She said that her party believed in strengthening democratic values. She said […]
Lay siege to offices and hurl shoes, stones; journalists stage sit-in outside Sindh CM house; political parties join protest against curbs on media freedom KARACHI: Activists of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) surrounded the offices of Geo TV Jang and The News situated on II Chundrigar Road on Tuesday, Geo TV reported. The activists, who […]
LAHORE\ISLAMABAD: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to check the violent acts of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers against Geo News and the Daily Jang. In a statement on Tuesday, he said no civilized society could permit negative tactics against the media. He said as the chief […]
Black flags hoisted atop press clubs; journalists pass resolutions against media intimidation Countrywide protests against govt attempts to muzzle Jang Group, Geo ISLAMABAD: Journalists and people from different walks of life on Monday held protests and rallies in different parts of the country against the burning of copies of The News and the daily Jang, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has submitted an adjournment motion in the Senate Secretariat against the closure of transmission of Geo TV and ARY TV channel, and burning of copies of The News and the Daily Jang. The adjournment motion, which bears signatures of JI Senators Professor Khurshid Ahmad, Professor Muhammad Ibrahim and Dr Aafia Zia, […]
RAWALPINDI: Foreign TV channels and newspapers have also reported the blocking of the transmission of Geo TV and burning of the copies of The News and the Daily Jang. The Times of India reported that a TV channel’s (Geo TV) broadcast was blocked and copies of at least two newspapers (The News and the Daily […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have strongly condemned the burning of copies of The News and the daily Jang, and blocking of Geo TV transmission. PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif said in a statement that the plot aimed at bringing the media under pressure was meant […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have strongly condemned the burning of copies of The News and the daily Jang, and blocking of Geo TV transmission. PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif said in a statement that the plot aimed at bringing the media under pressure was meant […]
PESHAWAR: Hawkers and cable operators have strongly protested against the incidents of setting on fire copies of The News and Jang and shutting of Geo telecasts in some areas. Hawkers held protest rallies in some cities of Sindh and urged the government to desist from such actions that endangered their lives and livelihood. Central president […]
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