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.
According to Article 6 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
“Any person or persons who commit the act of mutiny against the parliament, judiciary and/or the elected members and officials of parliament is/are guilty of committing the highest treason. This person or persons committing such an act must be charged and prosecuted in the court of law and sentenced to death if found guilty”
Article 243.1 of the constitution of Pakistan states that ‘The Federal Government shall have control and command of the Armed Forces’ and when a person is commissioned as a member of the Armed Forces, takes the following oath
“I ——, do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan and uphold the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan which embodies the will of the people, that I will not engage myself in any political activities whatsoever and that I will honestly and faithfully serve Pakistan Army (or Navy or Air Force) as required by and under the law.”
Why don’t we all unite and see to it that this time the law breaker is made to meet his destiny. What are we afraid of? Allah(SWT) and Constitution and all the Armed forces under the Constitution are with us. Eek aur dhaka!
Well may b GEO TV was acting like FOX News but you cannot claim that they are providing wrong things. yes they showed mostly negative but they all are true. and thx god geo decided to go audio online and we can have truth coz we cannot depend on PTV
Yousuf and Abizaib:
I support your idea for an alternative debate – indeed there are many facets to this situation!
Hidayatullah, the following link works… on and off: http://watchgeotv.info/
Jang press office in Karachi has been raided by police.
geo auido is not run in windows media player i down load the vls player but windows media player is run and vls is not run please answer my question thankyou.