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Geo CEO rejects charge, terms it part of anti-Jang Group campaign

KARACHI: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Geo Mir Ibrahim-ur-Rahman totally rejected an allegation levelled against him by former additional secretary Election Commission of Pakistan Muhammad Afzal Khan on Sunday. He said this allegation seems to be part of the ongoing campaign against Geo and the Jang Group. Following is the text of his statement: Afzal Khan has alleged that I

Army asked to lift ban on Geo TV

KOHAT: Pakistan Rah-e-Haq (PRH) chairman Maulana Ibrahim Qasmi has asked the Pakistan Army to lift the ban on Geo TV and Jang Group and disperse the sit-ins staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). He was speaking at the party’s convention here on Saturday. Maulana Obaidullah, Maulana Hameed, Maulana Haider Wakeel and others were also present

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Geo shut down in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Okara, Shahkot

LAHORE: People in various cities, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Okara, Shahkot, etc, on Thursday termed the forced suspension of Geo transmission a criminal act, a violation of the Supreme Court’s verdict, and requested the apex court to take note of it immediately. People said Geo was being punished for being a democracy supporter. In various parts of Lahore, Geo’s transmission

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Geo woman reporter attacked by PTI activists

ISLAMABAD: The activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) one again manhandled a woman reporter of Geo TV while she was performing her professional duties on Thursday. The PTI workers threw empty bottles and batons on Geo TV’s DSNG two times in which the woman reporter Farhat Javed and other media staff were sitting to cover the latest situation of the sit-in.

Blocking Geo for four months termed a crime

KARACHI: While strongly condemning the illegal shutting down of Geo, prominent politicians and legal experts of the country said that it was legally a crime to shut down all channels of Geo Network for over four months. They said that these channels should be restored forthwith. Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, Sindh. Mehrajul Huda, condemned the closure of Geo channels and said that

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Q&A: Pakistan’s Hamid Mir speaks about climate for press freedom following attack

In April, Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir was shot multiple times shortly after a CPJ delegation met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who pledged to take several steps to improve journalist security. The investigation into the attack has yielded no accountability. And since the attack, two arrest warrants have been issued by courts in Quetta and Lahore against Mir,

Press club in Khuzdar closed after threats to journalists

QUETTA: The Khuzdar Press Club has been closed after unidentified people issued threats to local reporters. An official of the Khuzdar administration said on Monday that the club’s office-bearers had decided to close the facility after receiving threats over the past two weeks. He said journalists associated with different media groups had stopped working. He said media personnel had started

Journalists condemn suspension of Geo by cable networks

MULTAN: The journalist community led by Multan Union of Journalists President Rauf Maan staged demonstration in front of Multan Press Club in connection with 5th July and observed the black day and condemned action against Pakistan’s premier media group Geo/Jang. The journalists also criticised discontinuation of Geo News at some cable networks despite Supreme Court of Pakistan orders. The Pakistan

Targeting Geo a plot to weaken media: PFUJ president

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has kicked off countrywide campaign against illegal closure of Geo News and hurdles in the way of supply of newspapers’ copies of Jang and The News on Saturday. On the call of President of PFUJ Afzal Butt, Secretary Khurshid Abassi and Chairman All Pakistan Council of Press Clubs Irshad Ansari demonstrations were held