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Cable operators can’t block any channel on their own: SHC

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday observed that cable operators had no right to close the transmission of any channel on their own. Hearing identical petitions filed by the Independent Media Corporation (IMC) against non-restoration of Geo News transmission after the lapse of the suspension order of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), […]


Geo restored in some cities, others still waiting

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LAHORE: In various cities of the country, cable operators have restored the Geo TV transmission though people have complained about shifting of different Geo channels to later numbers. Complaints about illegal suspension of Geo News transmission are also pouring in from various parts of the country. In Khanqah Dogran, where people launched a severe protest […]


Cable operators offer lame excuse of security threat

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ISLAMABAD: In response to the cable operators’ bogus excuses that they cannot show Geo because of security threats, a Jang Group spokesman has come up with a rejoinder. The spokesman said it is a bogus excuse and a total lie. The incident in Sadiqabad was also totally stage-managed to create this excuse. No one threatens […]


Khankah Dogran people protest

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KHANKAH DOGRAN: People here on Monday protested against suspension of Geo News transmission for the last four days. They said Geo News transmission was restored earlier on July 1, but was suspended again on July 4. When people called the city cable network offices to know the reasons for suspension of the Geo News transmission […]


AJK govt says it has no ability to restore Geo TV

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MUZAFFARABAD: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday expressing inability to restore the transmission of Geo TV said that the channel would be restored by those who had ordered to close it down.According to details, the closure of the biggest channel of the country, Geo News, was going on by the AJK […]


We need to survive the digital age

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In the United States, everyone — from a school girl to Lady Gaga, from a young boy to President Barack Obama — posts stories from their lives on social media outlets. Even the Central Intelligence Agency, one of the world’s top spy agencies, got itself a Twitter account recently. But Pakistanis can only dream about […]


Journalists observe ‘black day’

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ISLAMABAD: Journalists observed a ‘black day’ on Friday across Pakistan on the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to protest curbs on the media and the promulgation of two anti-media ordinances. Journalists set up camps and held meetings, wearing black ribbons and armbands. They also boycotted official functions. Some buildings housing newspaper […]


Haider Hoti demands Geo transmission restoration

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MARDAN: Awami National Party (ANP) provincial president and former chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti on Saturday said that the government should take steps to restore the transmission of Geo television channel all over the country. Talking to The News, Haider Hoti, who is also member of the National Assembly (MNA), said the ANP didn’t favour […]


Journalist residence CM takes notice of third consecutive attack

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PESHAWAR: Chief Security Officer (CSO) KP CM, Zaibullah Khan has said that the Chief Minister has taken stern notice of the third consecutive attack and explosion at the residence of the bureau chief of a private news channel, Jamshid Baghwan. The chief minister has expressed concern over the situation and has issued standing orders to […]


Japan press body demands lifting of curbs on Geo TV

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TOKYO: Japan International Press Club has demanded of the government of Pakistan to remove unannounced restrictions from Geo TV and bring cable operators in the ambit of law. In a press release, they said the government looks being failed in getting the Supreme Court order implemented seeking restoration of Geo TV on its old position. […]


Cable operators blocking Geo channels to lose licences, says Pervaiz

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By: Mumtaz Alvi & Noor Aftab ISLAMABAD: The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, on Thursday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ensure smooth transmission of Geo and another private TV channel on the cable network. The minister asserted that the government would not allow anyone to take the law […]


Altaf calls for restoration of TV channels

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KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain, called upon the cable operators to restore Geo TV and other channels on their original numbers forthwith across the country and told them they should not accept the pressure being exerted from any quarter. He said that the cable operators should restore the Geo News and […]


Journalists pledge to continue protests

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ISLAMABAD: Despite continuous rain in many cities of the country, journalists on Wednesday continued their protest sit-ins in front of press clubs across the country, vowing not to stop their movement unless the government takes steps to eliminate the no-go areas for news channels and rectify the affairs of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority […]


SHC moved against suspending, shuffling Geo on cable

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KARACHI: Justice Munib Akhter of division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered issuance of notices to Pemra and eight cable operators for illegally suspending/ shuffling the telecast of Geo News. The notices were issued on eight petitions filed by the Independent Media Corporation. Jam Asif and Behzad Haider, advocates, on behalf of […]