KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday observed that cable operators had no right to close the transmission of any channel on their own. Hearing identical petitions filed by the Independent Media Corporation (IMC) against non-restoration of Geo News transmission after the lapse of the suspension order of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the SHC’s division bench, headed
ISLAMABAD: In response to the cable operators’ bogus excuses that they cannot show Geo because of security threats, a Jang Group spokesman has come up with a rejoinder. The spokesman said it is a bogus excuse and a total lie. The incident in Sadiqabad was also totally stage-managed to create this excuse. No one threatens these cable operators when they
LAHORE: In various cities of the country, cable operators have restored the Geo TV transmission though people have complained about shifting of different Geo channels to later numbers. Complaints about illegal suspension of Geo News transmission are also pouring in from various parts of the country. In Khanqah Dogran, where people launched a severe protest against the suspension of Geo
KHANKAH DOGRAN: People here on Monday protested against suspension of Geo News transmission for the last four days. They said Geo News transmission was restored earlier on July 1, but was suspended again on July 4. When people called the city cable network offices to know the reasons for suspension of the Geo News transmission again, they were told that
MUZAFFARABAD: The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday expressing inability to restore the transmission of Geo TV said that the channel would be restored by those who had ordered to close it down.According to details, the closure of the biggest channel of the country, Geo News, was going on by the AJK government.AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul
In the United States, everyone — from a school girl to Lady Gaga, from a young boy to President Barack Obama — posts stories from their lives on social media outlets. Even the Central Intelligence Agency, one of the world’s top spy agencies, got itself a Twitter account recently. But Pakistanis can only dream about such freedom on the internet.
PESHAWAR: Chief Security Officer (CSO) KP CM, Zaibullah Khan has said that the Chief Minister has taken stern notice of the third consecutive attack and explosion at the residence of the bureau chief of a private news channel, Jamshid Baghwan. The chief minister has expressed concern over the situation and has issued standing orders to the Inspector General of Police
ISLAMABAD: Journalists observed a ‘black day’ on Friday across Pakistan on the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to protest curbs on the media and the promulgation of two anti-media ordinances. Journalists set up camps and held meetings, wearing black ribbons and armbands. They also boycotted official functions. Some buildings housing newspaper offices and television channels flew
KARACHI: Justice Munib Akhter of division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered issuance of notices to Pemra and eight cable operators for illegally suspending/ shuffling the telecast of Geo News. The notices were issued on eight petitions filed by the Independent Media Corporation. Jam Asif and Behzad Haider, advocates, on behalf of the petitioner submitted before the
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