I read it on BBC site that Punjab Police has banned ARY in the province. Its been two days since black out. Police called all cable operator and asked them to take ARY off the cable immediately or face the consequences.
Anyone in Lahore can confirm this please.
It is said that ARY’s journalist was beaten up by a DSP who was having a brawl with a journalist in Yaadgaar park (Minare Pakistan site). ARY journalist interfered and got thrashed by the policeman. Also something bad was said about Punjab Police in a Live call show by a viewer which ARY aired.
Pakistan Cable operator association said they did not order any such ban on any channel and Police’s act is illegal.
yeah i did see that on t.v some ary journalists getting beat up by policemen.did'nt know that police has banned it now in punjab.i am in karachi.police is the most corrupt and filthy instituion in pakistan according to a recent survery done on corruption by a human rights organization so not surprised that incidents like that are taking place.
LAHORE — Cable operators stopped broadcasting of ARY Digital television network in Punjab ostensibly after police began to implement the government’s ‘verbal directives’.
After police thrashed three journalists who were covering a religious gathering on Saturday night, ARY Digital began an anti-Punjab police campaign, which is said to have led to the forced blackout. According to reports, station house officers warned cable operators not to broadcast any of the channels of the ARY Digital network. Government officials refused to comment on the issue.
A Lahore Police spokesman denied that the network had been banned in Lahore, but major cable operators of the city were not broadcasting ARY Digital, ARY Pakistan, ARY India, ARY Asia, ARY One World, The Muzik and the City Channel on Monday.
Most cable operators in Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Jehlum, Kasur, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Depalpur, Okara and Chakwal had also stopped broadcasting the network.
Some cable television networks of the city were forced to close on Sunday evening, to the displeasure of customers, but were back on air on Monday morning. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) officials said the authority did not give any verbal or written directive to any cable operator to block the network. A number of cable operators telephoned Pemra and said the police had threatened them.