Adil Najam
News is that GEO Network is closing down. I hope the news is a false alarm, but I am told that this has been announced on Geo TV itself. An email making the rounds from someone at GEO itself reads:
At this moment we here at Geo are extremely SAD as Geo network is forced to shut down due to Govt pressure on UAE our base country.
Insha Allah we will fight. We are proud that the management of Jang Group never made compromise and prefer to fight till death.
I would rather wait to hear more details and to see reaction to this from the government, from the people of Pakistan and also the rest of the world before I comment in detail. But my first reaction is, yet again, one of disgust. The things that we coudl have been most proud of in recent years and months – an assertive judiciary, a free media – are being snatched away one by one. I hope it turns out not to be so. But if so, then who next?
Original Post (Nov. 4, 2007):
The emergency declared by Gen. Pervez Musharraf yesterday was not surprising. But that does not make it any less disturbing. Amongst the many unspeakable actions that have resulted from this is a clampdown on the media, especially the electronic news media. In response, GEO News has made the audio stream of its transmissions available on line.
You can listen to GEO News by clicking on image below.
Windows Media Player or VLC is required to play this live audio.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/709912 2.stm
Go to the top right corner to watch !
The confession on BBC
http://tinyurl.com/2vctgv
Adil Bhai,
This is pure and simple evil, it is plain and unadulterated shooting of the messenger.
Mush is dying a death, he has precipitated his demise.
Go Musharraf Go
Feimanallah
Wasim
This is very shameful but what else can one expect from a dictator.
Also please take note of the consistent interference of the UAE and Saudis in Pakistan.The Saudis were complicit in Nawaz Sharif’s deportation and now the UAE has shut down Geo and Ary One World per Musharaf’s wishes.
Adil it stays
they came for nawaz sharif we did nothing
they came for supreme court we did nothing
they came for the media we did nothing
they will come for us and there would be nobody for us either
What are the Mushees going to say now
Geo was indeed a threat to the nation and should be closed down , these media wallahs, anyone has thought how many people are employed by Geo and may loose their jobs, well done mush you should gradually roll back everything and than we will be back in 1999 and hopefully can have Nawaz back anyone who predicts rightly what next ? a 100 dollars prize
my guess : Shut down LUMS