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.
I believe GEO NEWS comes back on air today in Pakistan.
Does that mean that all the news channels that were closed are now back?
I read all the above comments , what i think is that, these comments were passed by your people (staff), because you people were crossing your limits, specially Kamran, Shahid, Hamid mir etc. So President is right an GEO is wrong, but Jang is good.
waiting for your reply.
Ramiz
@ Geo media par Ilhadi quawatay jam gain hein
inka Hisab lena hoga
@ Media’s assault on Nazaria-e-Pakistan,
can we analyse and criticise openly ? will it be usual ??
@ Geo MQM connection,
2nd dec 07 13.00 cet Geo Khabarnama
Binoria town’s mufti Naeem has decided to vote for
MQM. Fantastic strategy, the soldout mullah-e-sou as
a gift to Altaf, ensemble of “Tatponjiay” selling out their souls.
@ Geo’s reportage on Fashion shows
in Karachi somewhere in Gulshan’s progys colleges
there was a fashion show showing young girls with tight
jeans moving their posterieur to amuse the spectators
brothers, fathers, and husbands, on the top of it, they
were given a diploma for showing their…………..
long live the industry of women’s lib and their
marchandise.