Free press in Pakistan ?

Is there a free press in Pakistan? Lets not ask this question today i.e. Monday, Sep 18th 2006.

Since morning,  one private channel, ARY has been pulled off the air waves by the Punjab Chief Minister, Ch. Pervaiz Elahi. 

A reporter , Mr.Mushtaq (name not  confirmed) covered a meeting of the opposition. The CM did not like it  and  has  according to informal media sources,

“Ordered that the Punjab police  ensures that all cable operators pull off ARY.” 

I tried to  contact friends in ARY but their mobiles were switched off.

I also could not find out what the meeting was about and what set off the CM.

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One Response to “Free press in Pakistan ?”

  1. theindividual Says:
    September 23, 2006 at 4:38 am

    More on this story… Firstly the information that I posted is partially incorrect. The reason ARY was pulled off was not because of an opposition meeting but due to a squabble over parking between jounralists and the Punjab police. The Punjab police threashed the journalists which was caught on an ARY camera and shown.
    The matter was solved on Friday, Sep 22nd when the ARY management met with the leader of the ruling party at Islamabad .

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