Zardari has returned, not with shame or with any signs of repentence to Almighty and to the whole nation, but with a mind full of "revenge". We saw the first revenge, as his son announced at the time of Benazir's death, that deomocracy is revenge, and we have witnessed quite a lot of it all along, and now it is taking a new turn by threats, shutting down media and so on....how far can he continue with such ....? Although no one would be affected if the media channels like Geo were banned, as they have done little for the country and have acted more as a mouthpiece of the enemies, except some producers, who have managed good programs even though the general Geo (&Daily Dawn) policy is to undermine the nation...
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| ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari made headlines before leaving Pakistan for his recent trip to Europe when the public opposed the move. He made headlines again when an elderly man threw his shoes at the president but missed.
While the Birmingham incident stirred curiosity for video footage, this breaking news alone has been costing the Pakistan nation heavily.
Pakistan's biggest TV channel Geo News and its affiliate The News and Jang newspapers are allegedly facing the wrath of the Zardari government.
Transmissions of Geo went off the air in Punjab and southern Sindh provinces late Saturday night after "unidentified individuals threatened cable operators of dire consequences for non-compliance," claimed the TV channel in its news broadcast.
The country's influential cable-operators in their television interviews alleged that police officials as well as unidentified people threatened the closure of Geo News and ARY OneWorld for airing "insulting and baseless propaganda" about the People's Party leader and the country's president.
While most cable-operators refused to follow the diktat, people in many parts of Sindh province cannot see both the channels.
On Sunday, some newspaper hawkers distributing The News and Jang were robbed and many were threatened about delivering the dailies to subscribers.
The Karachi police yesterday refused to file a case against unidentified attackers for setting ablaze Jang Group's newspapers.
Journalists across the country wore black ribbons besides holding rallies and public meeting from Khyber to Karachi.
"Instead of improving its performance, the government is using draconian methods to curb the voice of truth," said PPP Senator Dr Safdar Abbasi in a phone interview.
Chaudhry Nisar, leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, told Geo News that no one can blame its bad reflection as media's fault which is just a mirror.
While the president's spokesman refuted the very occurrence of the incident, Law Minister Babar Awan warned the opposition parties against dirty politics.
"Let it be known that PPP workers also wear two shoes," he told reporters in an angry tone. |
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