Re: Musharraf promulgates PEMRA amended ordinance 2007
what the govt views as illegal and what would be illegal is very different and thats the problem. GEO/ARY/AAJ were blocked simply because the govt goonies were getting their asses handed to them on talk shows. Repeatedly Shaukat Aziz said PEMRA wouldnt allow broadcasts going against "national interest". What that is is pretty hairy, and can probably cover anything the govt wants.
Difference is instead of merely blocking transmissions the govt is now adding bite, confiscating equipment, cancelling licenses, sealing buildings of anyone it deems to have gone astray.
Coming so close to the general clamp down on media there is only one message. Intimidation.