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  • Update @ 0944: CEO of Geo TV sends message on extent of media clampdown

    The following comes in, via a Facebook e-mail exchange, from Mir Ibrahim Rahman who is the CEO of Geo TV in Pakistan, a channel which has been blocked by the Pakistani government who has also begun talks with foreign governments to have the channel’s transmission blocked overseas. In his message, Mir, states that he is…

  • View Geo TV in Pakistan via satellite

    Satellite: PAS 10 Position: 68.5 degrees east Downlink: band c Frequency 4124mhz Polarity V Symbol: 19850 Fec: 3/4 Some more links on Geo.tv Geo Tv Blackballed because of Imran Khan Govt Bans Kamran Khan’s GEO.tv Show Wukla Cola – a Geo.tv spin of ‘Brrr’ Coke commercial Geo News Blocked in Sindh Geo back on air…

  • Update @ 0244: Geo TV’s website back online

    Geo TV is now back online and have posted an announcement on their homepage stating that due to enormously heavy traffic on their website, they are presenting a light text-version with latest news updates while the full version of the website will be available in a few hours. A summary of the main points of…

  • Emergency declared in Pakistan

    At around 5:30pm Pakistan was shoved into a national crisis with the declaration of emergency throughout the country, all electronic media was taken off the air and General Pervaiz Musharraf has assumed all powers over the nation. The threat it seems to have come from the Supreme Court of Pakistan which was soon to decide…

  • Emergency, a Media Circus created by Shujaat, the Mumbling Maniac

    Its been over 24 hours since the buzz around the country started circulating of a potential enforcement of a state of emergency in Pakistan by Pervaiz Musharraf. One must bear in mind that such sudden changes in government which include the sudden enforcement of a State of Emergency, a Coop and similarly Martial Law are…

  • Mushy: I Pledge Allegiance to …..

    Today as anticipated, General Pervaiz Musharraf addressed the entire nation on national TV simply, in an attempt to talk to his people and try to convince them that his actions in the Lal Masjid issue were justified. It was probably the icing that needed to be added despite the propaganda effort played out by the…

  • Musharraf: I Command You to Praise Me

    I COMMAND YOU TO PRAISE ME Well my fears continue to be realized with time and yet again we were not surprised when the President of Pakistan, the so-called upholder of the free press, went ahead to ink the new PEMRA ordinance which gives President Pervez Musharraf more authority in controlling the electronic media. Quite…

  • Geo Tv Blackballed because of Imran Khan

    Last night GEO.tv was scheduled to re-broadcast the Jawab Deh where Iktikhar (also known as ‘Fitna’) the show host was interviewing Imran Khan and his tell-all attack on MQM. Reports of the blocked channel came first from Gulshan and it was soon verified by GEO where a number of areas across the country were blocked.…

  • Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12, 2007

    A narrative of the events of “Black Saturday and the “stop-the-blame-game argument Guest Post by Beena Sarwar article also published in The News on 27th May “Here in Karachi, we avoid name calling and finger pointing due to fear of having our knees drilled ON May 12, 2007, Karachi witnessed orchestrated mayhem. Such carnage is…

  • MQM threatens 20 journalists

    Reporters Without Borders has issued a press release suggesting that Muhajir Rabita Council an integral part of the MQM leadership has threatened some 20 odd journalists for their reporting activities related to the 5/12 Massacre. The list of Journalists include Zafar Abbass, Mazhar Abbas, Shaheen Sehbai, and Dr. Shahid Masood. Ever since the fateful day…

  • Karachi Witnesses an Organized Massacre

    This article was published on Karachi Metroblogs here, I republish it on my own blog so as to preserve this article for my own blog It is indeed sad to see the situation in Karachi get progressively worse. It can be easily said that all this was bound to happen since MQM was destined to…

  • Shahrai Faisal Blocked at Karsaz Tipu Sultan

    This article was published on Karachi Metroblogs here, I republish it on my own blog so as to preserve this article for my own blog In just a recent development I am told that Shahrai Faisal has been completely blocked going towards airport at the Karsaz Junction. This can be a great ploy to defeat…

  • MQM the Big Bad Wolf

    Enough of our speculations on who could be at fault, for the sudden loss of transmission to over six channels in Karachi. ARY Digital, ARY One World, Geo TV, Geo News, Geo Super & AAJ YV. The mess started at around 5 pm and a few hours later Mustafa Azizabadi, MQM Information Secretary has been…

  • Geo the Drama Queen

    Barely an hour ago I was up in arms trying to break the new about the nonavailability of Geo.Tv and Aaj.tv in a number of localities of Karachi. A number of reports have come through some claiming it to be blocked while others saying Aaj is on the air but Geo is blocked. Puzzling reports…

  • GEO and AAJ Pulled off Air

    Breaking News: it has come to my attention through reliable sources that the GEO.TV & AAJ.TV have both been pulled off the air in a bid to issue them a stern warning and also curtail their press freedom. I suspect this has all to do with the CJP crisis and the tussle the Govt had…