Major Pakistani television news channel Geo News is facing another round of shut-down attempts by the Pakistani military today, receiving notices of the Defense Ministry seeking a ban on them for broadcasting “anti-state content.”
Geo News talk show host Hamid Mir was assassinated last weekend, and the station has blamed military spy agency the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency for the killing.
Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a reporter, and Geo News and the rest of Jang Media Group are often targeted in government crackdowns, banned off and on over the years.
At present, the military is imposing a blanket ban on all Jang newspapers and Geo TV at Army offices, and the Defense Ministry suggests the goal is to extend that ban nationwide.
Geo Tv is funded by the US, India and other imperialist powers to support the anti Pakistan elements in Pakistan. The author of the article above should do some homework before posting such one sided story. Geo TV never filed the police report after the incident and send the car of victim to car wash. Then Geo TV ran around the clock propaganda and demanded the resignation of Intel chief without any proof and based on he/she said.
There was an assassination attempt, but he was only wounded. He was not assassinated.
Well, the US military routinely tries to censor unfavorable news and news outlets (much harder to do now thanks to the Internet). Heck, USMC Commandant Gen.
AnusAmos recently ordered Marine Corps Times relegated to the back end of PXs because of its articles documenting his ongoing misconduct and lack of leadership. The site MilitaryCorruption.com has been having a field day with the guy.