Tag: GeoTV

  • Update @ 0126: Geo.tv gets another DDoS attack & Teeth Maestro suffers slow downs

    According to the Geo.tv website at around 8PM a serious of DDoS attacks started to go onto the website which was brought under control by midnight. This is the second time such an incident has happened at the Geo.tv website the first one was on November 10th when the Pakistani media giant suffered the first…

  • ABN Chicago with Dr. Shahid Masood

    This week, Asian Broadcasting Network (website blocked from Pakistan) interviewed two icons of the South Asian media. The first interview is of Mr. Ameen Sayani, a renowned Indian Music Presenter of the famed “Geet Mala”. This interview was followed by an exclusive Interview of Dr.Shahid Masood, renowned TV journalist , views and news fame, Meray…

  • SMS Update @ 1949: Vigil at Geo

    Via SMS: There is a crowd of over 1000 people singing to the tune of Jenay Do a very moving sight God Bless Pakistan. Update: The candle light vigil which was announced at Geo offices in Karachi to basically condemn the shutting down of the two popular media channels was truly amazing. The vigil itself…

  • Update @ 0236: CNN discusses Geo Tv Blockage with Jang Group News editor

    Addendum: It has just been brought to my attention that this video clip was uploaded on YouTube on June 04, 2007 over five months earlier, if you were not to look at the date then it is interesting to see the similarity of events that occurred five months back when the government blocked Dr. Shahid…

  • Update @ 2006: Solidarity with Geo Rally from KPC to Geo Offices

    Several of the protesters went directly to the Geo Building while a few joined the protest march from Karachi Press Club. At the Jang Press / Geo offices police had cordoned off the street, and behind the police cordon, Geo employees (a couple of hundred) were holding banners and placards, singing and dancing to ‘Jeenay…

  • Update @ 1930: Rerporters without Borders hits at the UAE Government from blocking GEO and ARY

    Reporters San Frontier (RSF) has just published a press release urging the UAE government tot revers the decision where they buckled under the pressure of General Musharraf to block the TV stations of Geo and ARY Dubai urged to reverse decision, taken under pressure from Musharraf, to suspend broadcasting by two Pakistani TV stations

  • Update @ 0337: Geo TV, a touching Goodbye, Geo Aur Genay Do

    A touching goodbye in the fading minutes of Geo.Tv when at exactly midnight of November 16th its satellite link was terminated, Geo Aur Genay Do Courtest: PkPolitics

  • Update @ 0248: Geo TV Shut Down, final words

    Geo Aur Genay Do Courtesy: PkPolitics | Reuters

  • Update @ 0205: ARY Uplink Dead

    Following on the footsteps of the recent ban of Geo.Tv in Dubai the ARY Network has also been pulled off air from Dubai as well, more updates to follow as this news develops

  • Update @ 0055: Geo TV Pulled off air from Dubai

    About a few hours ago, Geo TV (www.geo.tv) which is a private tv channel that is financed by private investors in Pakistan, and broadcast (land to air) from their base in Dubai were ordered by the UAE government after being pressurized by the Pakistani Military/Musharaff’s government to shut down the television station from broadcasting to…

  • Update @ 1107: Footage from the Pakistan peace rally in Paris yesterday

    On Saturday, over 100 high-spirited students and members of the Pakistani community in Paris braved cold winds in Paris to demonstrate in favor of the restoration of the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan and the Pakistani lawyers. The student organizers estimate that their rally delivered their message to over 4,000 tourists who had…

  • Update @ 2304: Musharaff to speak with media tomorrow

    According to Pakistan’s attorney general, the state of emergency, also known as martial law, will be lifted in one month while the case of Musharaff’s eligibility on running for elections will be decided as soon as the Supreme Court fixes a date, pending two more judges to complete it’s bench. Via the Geo TV news…

  • Update @ 0130: Geo News DDoS’d

    On Friday at around 2030 the Geo.tv started to received a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Serice) attack and they were able to recover from this surge of artificial traffic after two hours of down time by around 2235. Geo.tv reports that this is the second time such an attack occurred on its servers resulting in…

  • Update 1600: Bomb goes off in Peshawar

    News tickers via Geo TV: A loud explosion was heard in Peshawar a few minutes ago and initial reports via SMS indicate that 4 people have been in killed in the bomb blast. Geo TV journalist (stated that a MPA peer), Mohammad Khan, is among those who have been injured. Federal Minister, Ameer Muqam is…

  • Update @ 1400: Benazir Bhutto comes out of her house

    Via SMS, just hours before Benazir Bhutto was set to start off her party’s peace rally, she was detained and placed under house arrest at the Zardari house in Islamabad: Despite Pakistani security forces surrounding her house, Bhutto has just stepped out of the house and police have led her to a nearby waiting car.…