Govt. pressurizes the Dawn Group
The CEO of the Dawn Group has written an open letter to the Government, which is also copied below in case they take it down from their website. It is quite comprehensive and details the various methods the Govt. uses to make sure the media toes the party line. Though these days, despite all the […]
Posted at 12:51 pm on April 26, 2007 | 2 comments | Filed Under: censorship, pakistan | Continue reading
Geo TV office ransacked by Police
First the government pressurized the media not to talk about the events surrounding the illegal sacking of the Chief Justice by Musharraf. Then it banned a news pro gramme. Finally, it attacked the office of Geo News and the Jang Newspaper, respectively the most popular urdu news channel and the urdu newspaper in Pakistan. Police […]
Posted at 7:53 pm on March 18, 2007 | 3 comments | Filed Under: censorship, pakistan, pta | Continue reading
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