Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in
(BytesForAll Pakistan – Emergency News Service) After Private Media Channels were shut down under Emergency Declaration as part of the second military coup in Pakistan, channels have adopted the Internet as their medium for e-Reporting.
Many major News Channels of the country have initiated Live Audio streams for news reporting via their websites thus providing an option to update citizens on the situation.
Commenting on the Emergency situation in Pakistan, a News Media Channel source shared that PEMRA, the media regulatory body had issued an ordinance to private news channels ordering the closure of television transmission.
This order has also terminated CNN and BBC transmissions on private cable networks in the country thus citizens are unable to access updates on the prevailing Emergency situation that was announced Saturday evening followed
by a late night speech by General Musharaf.
“We have initiated transmission by employing light weight data streams and an IP addressing scheme range put into place in order to manage prevention by the authorities and we can do an immediate shift-over as the need arises”. said an IT expert at a local news channel. Such a channel includes the country’s most famous Geo Television Network at http://www.geo.tv.
“The current situation of the country is under Marshal Law after Emergency was declared by revoking the constitution that has also terminated the human rights of citizens”. The current situation poses a security threat to members of Civil Society. This also includes the key members of the
BytesForAll Network spread throughout the country.
The BytesForAll Pakistan will be e-Reporting on the electronic and civil situation in the region.
Source: BytesForAll Pakistan – Emergency News Service
Date:11/6/2007
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