By Darwaish
Another unfortunate development of the day and I am unable to understand who is advising government of making such foolish decisions.
It seems now that the Government of Pakistan has banned Kamran Khan Show as yet another casualty in the ongoing saga of the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) removal from office. Geo has just made it public and Kamran Khan appeared on Geo News just a few moments ago and apologized to viewers that he would not be able to present his show due to this ban (audio of what he said, here).
It was Kamran Khan Show in which Mr Wasi Zafar’s misbehavior on VOA was reported (video of that program here). He was also the host of Geo’s live transmission which showed and commented on the misbehavior with Chief Justice of Pakistan and his family last Monday. I guess Kamran Khan has finally paid the price of speaking the truth and his efforts to present facts to the people of Pakistan.
GEO TV website has this information on how the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has banned this show:
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed ban on “Aaj Kamran Khan Key Sath”, the famous programme of Geo Television Network.
“Aaj Kamran Khan Key Sath” has been stopped as the government has imposed ban on it, said the spokesman of the Geo Television Network.
It was regretted at 11:05 PM, when this programme starts daily, that the programme could not be aired due to government ban.
Reacting to the ban on this programme, Kamran Khan, the host of the programme, condemned the government action and said that there was no other agenda of the said programme except making people aware of real facts and correct analysis.
This is a direct attack on freedom of press and freedom of expression. Looks like we will now see more bans if Pakistani Media didn’t cooperate with the government. I am also wondering what will happen to the Ansaar Abbasi now. We should all condemn this unjust action? But HOW?
Here are two samples of video clips from the Kamran Khan Show related to this issue.
Here is GEO’s own report on the attack on its office.
Message from Altaf Hussain on attack on GEO office.
Hamid Mir interviews Gen. Musharraf on the attack.
may 12 2007,
perplexed.why all channels quiet on attack on AAJ TV,……professinal jealousy?fear of govt.i.e.no press freedom.
also today we saw the results of years of enlightened moderation.
at least the lal-masjid people only burnt scds etc which were anyway harmfulfor the environment.how do you explain the reason for road blockades.is this how you show the writ of the govt.were these also trained in madrassas?
time we all took up the quran as our guiding principle and if we can only see this as Allahs wrath and warning maybe we can still save ourselves.
New best way to get interview with Mush : Get your studio attacked. Now Mush will be interviewed on Aaj.
I take my words back on Geo TV. What a coverage it gave on Chief Justice visit to Lahore and address to Lahore Bar.
Geo defied all pressure and stood ground on principles.
My salute to Geo management. Thank you for defying pressure so that future Governments can look back and understand that Geo will never buckle down to political pressures.
The entire nation should be proud of Geo. Please e mail Geo with a note of thanks.
http://www.geo.tv/geop/tell_geo.asp
Why has “GEO” TV gone silent over the CJ issue. None of their kharbanas or talk show host bring up the topic any more? Have they struck a deal with “Mush…” ?
Abou altaf hussain.. has talib johary given lessons to him in oratory? he sounds like a zakir and it appears quite deliberate.