Kook TV MULTAN under attack!

[K_Khan]

PBA condemns attack on TV channel office
KARACHI (June 19 2008): Pakistan Broadcasters Association has strongly condemned the unwarranted attack on the offices of Kook TV in Multan by some unidentified miscreants that resulted in injuries to two journalists of its Multan bureau and causing serious loss to equipment and property.

Pakistan Broadcasters Association, in a statement issued by their Secretariat on Wednesday, called upon the local administrative machinery and the political government to take the responsible of this heinous act to task and ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future. Salman Iqbal, Chairman PBA, stressed that these incidents only harm and hinder the process of democracy, as freedom of expression is the fundamental essence of civil democratic society.

“These incidents are engineered to malign the democratically elected government and their infallible commitment for a free media,” he added. Salman expressed concern for the injured journalist, and extended full support to Kook TV. Attack on offices of one TV channel is in fact an attack on all media, the statement said.-PR

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Free media?

ANOTHER usefull link Annual State of Pakistan Media Report 2006-07

ATTACKS ON MEDIA PROPERTY

Thari Mirwah Press Club (Khairpur, Sindh)
June 14, 2006: Dozens of armed men attacked Thari Mirwah Press Club, beat up journalists there and wrecked the furniture and computers of the Press Club. No motive was clear behind the attack.

Peshawar Press Club (Peshawar, NWFP)
June 29, 2006: Activists of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q stormed the Peshawar Press Club to foil a news conference being held there by some dissident leaders of the party. The attackers who were armed with pistols, Kalashnikovs and sticks, beat up the journalists and rebellious members of their own party.

Geo TV (Karachi, Sindh)
July 15, 2006: Supporters of assassinated religious leader Maulana Abdur Rasheed Turabi sprayed bullets on the van of Geo TV as the channels were filming a mourning procession.

Quetta Press Club (Quetta, Balochistan)
July 15, 2006: A big contingent of police cordoned off the Quetta Press Club building for over 10 hours. No reason was given.

The Nation (Mirpur Khas, Sindh)
August 10, 2006: A group of unidentified armed men attacked the bureau office of daily The Nation in Mirpur Khas and smashed up office furniture and equipment. No one was hurt.

Press For Peace (Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir)
October 19, 2006: The office of a media NGO based in Muzaffarabad was attacked by a group of unidentified persons. The office furniture was ransacked and staff injured. No motive was clear behind the unprovoked attack.

National Press Club (Islamabad)
November 21, 2006: An activist of Pakistan Peoples Party-Parliamentarians entered the premises of the National Press Club in G-8 Islamabad and forcibly tried to take control of the premises. On reaction from the journalist community the matter was later resolved with the intruder leaving the premises.

Geo TV, The News and Jang (Islamabad)
March 16, 2007: The office of Geo TV, The News and Jang in Islamabad were vandalized by the Punjab police without provocation in the presence of Islamabad’s Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent Police. Around 25 armed policemen stormed inside the building, smashing down equipment, furniture as well as glass doors. The police also fired teargas shells inside the building to force the staff out. The attack was also shown live. President General Pervez Musharraf the same night apologized for the attack during live transmission and promised to punish those responsible. A low-level inquiry tribunal later declared that the policemen acted on their own. The findings have been pooh-poohed by the media community as unfeasible.

PTV Tower (Pasni, Balochistan)
April 4, 2007: Unidentified persons used a bomb to blow up a television transmitter tower belonging to state-run Pakistan television (PTV).

Note: Attacks on AAJ TV and KOOK TV took place after this report.

[Saad_UAE]

Re: Kook TV MULTAN under attack!

Unidentified miscreants , that's very common in Pakistan. And if ever police is going to identify them, no body knows.

[K_Khan]

Re: Kook TV MULTAN under attack!

^ true.. even if they are identified, it doesn't make a tiny bit of difference. In Pakistan "jiski lathi, uski bhens". :D

[Spock]

Re: Kook TV MULTAN under attack!

The Sarayki TV attack was actually due to a personal vendetta, the guy who was pissed decided to go with his henchmen and beat up the people (who worked at the little tv station office in multan).

[K_Khan]

The Sarayki TV attack was actually due to a personal vendetta, the guy who was pissed decided to go with his henchmen and beat up the people (who worked at the little tv station office in multan).

So it wasn't politicaly motivated! phewww... well If it is true then it highligths another dangerous pattern of suppression, where INDIVIDUALS are so strong & ignorant of supermacy of law that they don't hesitate to use force against an established entity, a TV channel in this case.