Independent TV channels in Pakistan taken off air

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Independent TV channels in Pakistan taken off air

Pakistan government Saturday ordered cable operators to immediately shut down independent news channels follows riots outside the Election Commission building.

According to cable operators here, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PMERA), a media watchdog, has issued strict orders not to air three news independent news channels.

‘We have been asked to immediately close down ARY, AAJ and GEO TV channels,’ a leading cable operator in Islamabad told IANS.

Interesting, so media is really free Whatever happened to the Free Media thingie we keep hearing about?