War on Free Media by dark forces of Mush Dictatorship and "enlightened moderation"
These are the same dark authoritarian forces of the musharraf military junta/dictatorship, that were advocating "enlightened moderation" and a " liberal free society". Yet these are the same dark forces that have acted like Hitler and Mussolini to destroy any free media that doesn't follow their authoritarian party line. They want to turn Geo into another PTV government progaganda outlet just like saddam hussain had Baghdad TV as his propaganda outlet.
These are the same authoritarian people who in 1971 divided pakistan's eastern wing because they wouldn't allow a Bengali to become a prime minister even though Bangali party won the 1970 election.
I hope GEO and ARY move their station to London so there won't be any pressure from musharraf dictatorship to shut GEO.
DOWN WITH MUSHARRAF DICTATORSHIP !!!
Dubai agrees to pull plug on Pakistani TV networks
LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) – Two Pakistani television networks that transmit from Dubai in United Arab Emirates were ordered off the air Friday at the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, officials from the networks said.
GEO-TV and ARY Digital offer a variety of programming, including news, entertainment, sports and music.
Both networks had been banned from Pakistan\'s cable television system – along with other networks, including CNN and BBC – since Musharraf declared a state of emergency on November 3.
This latest action prevents the two Pakistani networks from broadcasting worldwide via satellite.
\"This was basically our window to the world, GEO President Imran Aslan said. \"In Pakistan, we\'ve been shut down since the 3rd.\"
The action was not wholly unexpected, but surprising nevertheless, Aslan said.
\"We uplink from Dubai, never having had a license to uplink from Pakistan,\" he said. \"Dubai is a media city which seemed to be a haven and a sanctuary.\"
Aslan said network officials have been in discussions with Pakistani government officials and \"it seemed very obvious that they were going to do this. We were ready for it to a certain extent.\"