I like it. These haugty Americans deserve such treatment.
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information on Thursday informed the CNN team that it would not be welcomed to the media contingent to cover the aftermath of operation against Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa.
A group of 200 media representatives was taken to Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa Complex to attend a briefing session addressed by the ISPR Director General. In Atlanta, meanwhile, a CNN spokesman said, “The action by the Pakistan government is regrettable. We remain committed to reporting from Pakistan.”
What angered the top media managers of the government was the airing of a documentary titled ‘The threat within’ on July 7 by CNN. This also deprived the CNN team of the coverage of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s briefing for foreign correspondents on July 10.
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The government on Thursday stopped the reporter and the cameraman of the US-based CNN (Cable News Network) television channel from entering the Lal Masjid complex, which was opened to the media for the first time after the military operation against militants. A government source told Dawn that CNN was denied access to the Lal Masjid for telecasting a “highly biased, inaccurate and misleading report” on Pakistan to create an impression that the country was not doing enough to curb terrorism and extremism.
The source said Nick Robertson of CNN had contacted the Pakistani authorities seeking access to North Waziristan, South Waziristan and Balochistan to do a story highlighting Pakistan’s efforts to stamp out terrorism and extremism.
He said the CNN team was given maximum access and was even provided a helicopter.
The team conducted dozens of interviews but chose to pick up five negative interviews, including that of former ISI chief Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and Amir Mir. Moreover, he said the right to reply was also denied to the government when a contact was made to this respect.
“We are not a banana republic. If we can give access, we can also deny the same when necessary,” he remarked.
A CNN spokesperson, on the other hand, said: “The actions by the Pakistan government are regrettable. We remain committed to reporting from Pakistan.”
Why dont you come to IL to do your Jihad, fight anti Mushy Jhang? or you going to sit your ass in Canada like a puff.
no he is there protesting why Canadian soldiers are blowing up ppl in afghanistan. I guess his new homeland is doing its master's (aka USA's) bidding as well.
his tax dollars to canadian govt probably paid for part of a bullet that blew up some taleban in afghanistan.