go to Geo webhttp://65.36.215.69/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/
it is very sad for pakistani people
Latest Stories: Geo TV Network Shut Down.
Geo News TV closed down (Posted at 0105)
KARACHI: Under extreme pressure from Musharraf government, Geo News has been shut down late Friday night. This is the latest move by the government to slap the curbs on media especially Geo TV Network, which has been off air with all its entertainment channels since the imposition of emergency.
Earlier, Geo TV network has been ordered to shut down by authorities of the country from where it is being aired. Now, the telecast of Geo News would not be viewed even through dish antenna.
It was told from the authorities of the country where the Geo News is being aired that the news channel would be off air across the globe.
It should be noted that Geo news and its entire sister channels had been closed down across Pakistan after the imposition of emergency.
Earlier, the cable operators in Pakistan were forced to close all channels being operated by Geo Network and the Pakistani viewers were deprived of the great source of information. However, the Geo TV was on air from its Dubai office.
According to Geo News, it was told to the network by the authorities of the concerned country that viewers across the globe would be able to watch the other channels of Geo Network including Geo Entertainment, Aag TV and Geo Super over Dish antenna.
Geo News analyst Dr Shahid Masud said that it is appreciable that Geo administration did not surrender from its viewpoint.
According to Geo TV network, it did not surrender to the will of the government and did not sign any paper of compliance with the government, for which it has been punished that its worldwide telecast is being gagged.
According to Geo News analysts, while nearly all other entertainment channels were allowed to operate freely; however, most discriminately, the entertainment channels of Geo Network were made off air.
On this occasion, Senior Geo News analyst Kamran Khan, Host of Capital Talk Hamid Mir, Dr Amir Liaquat Hussein, Geo News Senior analyst Nasir Beig Chughtai, Justice (rtd) Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, Senior defence analyst (Rtd) Talat Masud and British member of Parliament Mohammed Sarwar expressed their grief over this government step regarding closing down the Geo News network and condemned this fresh government attack on the media.
It should be noted that nearly all the news channels of the country were taken off air, as soon as the emergency was announced in the country. PEMRA hammered out code of conduct for the media to follow and it was said only those channels would be allowed to operate if they fall in line with the government wishes.
We are passing through critical time: Nasir Baig (Updated at 0230)
KARACHI: Reacting to closure of Geo News, senior analyst of Geo TV Network said that we are passing through a critical time.
Under extreme pressure from Musharraf government, Geo News was shut down late Friday night by the authorities of the country from where the Geo News was being aired and as a result Geo News has been off air across the globe.
Geo ordered to shut down (Posted at 2325) (Updated at 0055)
KARACHI: There are reports that the government of Pakistan is using its influence with a foreign country to get the Geo TV network closed down, as the Geo TV network refused to surrender to the will of the government.
Geo News has been ordered to shut down by authorities of the country from where it is being aired.
It should be noted that Geo news and its entire sister channels had been closed down across Pakistan after the imposition of emergency.
Earlier, the cable operators in Pakistan were forced to close all channels being operated by Geo Network and the Pakistani viewers were deprived of the great source of information. However, the Geo TV was on air from its Dubai office.
The latest developments are that the government of Pakistan has gone to the limit of seeking the closure of Geo News network across the globe through a country.
After this closure of Geo Network, the worldwide viewers would not be able to watch the great source of information worldwide.
According to Geo TV network, it did not surrender to the will of the government and did not sign any paper of compliance with the government, for which it has been punished that its worldwide telecast is being gagged.
On this occasion, Senior Geo News analyst Kamran Khan, Host of Capital Talk Hamid Mir, Dr Amir Liaquat Hussein, Geo News Senior analyst Nasir Beig Chughtai, Justice (rtd) Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, Senior defence analyst (Rtd) Talat Masud and British member of Parliament Mohammed Sarwar expressed their grief over this government step regarding closing down the Geo News network and condemned this fresh government attack on the media.
It should be noted that nearly all the news channels of the country were taken off air, as soon as the emergency was announced in the country. PEMRA hammered out code of conduct for the media to follow and it was said only those channels would be allowed to operate if they fall in line with the government wishes.
Dr Amir expresses grief over Geo News closure (Posted at 0030)
KARACHI: Dr Amir Liaquat Hussein said he could not even think of the fresh move by the government.
Talking to Geo News, he appreciated the Geo TV network that it did not submit to the will of the government and did not play in the hands of rulers.
Dr Amir said, ‘We kept on telling the truth and mirroring the rulers their face; we had no knowledge that the rulers would take it so badly that they will rise to close the telecast of Geo News.’
Dr Amir said that the people, who talked about the tolerance and fortitude, lost their own temper.
Geo TV ordered to shut down (Posted at 0030)
KARACHI: Geo TV network has been ordered to shut down by authorities of the country from where it is being aired.
The concerned authorities told the reason that there is immense pressure from Musharraf government on them to get the telecast of Geo network closed down.
More to come….
Musharraf to tell ground facts to Negroponte (Posted at 2305)
ISLAMABAD: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said Friday that he would apprise Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte of the ground realities that led to the imposition of emergency.
He said this while giving an interview to US-based newspaper.
General Musharraf said the hundreds of people arrested under the emergency have been released; however, anyone who is found violating the law would be sent to jail or restrictions would be slapped on him, as the government does not want anybody to adopt protesting behaviour.
He continued to say that in view of the increasing threat posed by the suicide attacks and terrorists, the crackdown was indispensable.
Musharraf said he would tell Negroponte that Pakistan comes firsts; he imposed the emergency owing to terrorism and extremism.
The general insists he declared the emergency to prevent judicial meddling in the murky operations of Pakistan's security services and the rising militant threat from derailing the vote.
Negroponte has phone conversation with Benazir (Posted at 2250)
WASHINGTON: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, in Islamabad, spoke by phone with Benazir Bhutto on Friday in what is believed to be the highest-level U.S. contact with the Pakistani opposition leader since President Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency, a senior State Department official said.
The official would not give details of the call but said Negroponte had generally underscored Washington's opposition to Musharraf's extra-constitutional actions and its desire to see Bhutto, who was under house arrest until earlier Friday, and other opposition figures free to peacefully participate in Pakistan's political sphere.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose a private diplomatic contact.
Negroponte, the second-highest ranking U.S. diplomat, arrived in Islamabad on Friday to press Musharraf and his government to quickly end the state of emergency, set a date for free and fair legislative elections in January and release opposition leaders.
The United States also wants Musharraf to give up his position as army chief.
Iran says 'will never' renounce uranium enrichment (Posted at 2225)
TEHRAN: Iran on Friday vowed it would "never" give up uranium enrichment, after a new UN nuclear watchdog report worried world powers by confirming Tehran was pressing ahead with the sensitive activity.
"Iran will never give up the uranium enrichment technology, which it has mastered, as the (UN nuclear) agency said," Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh was quoted by the local news agency.
"Iran will never back down on its undeniable rights which are explicitly mentioned in the agency's statute," he added.
In its report released on Thursday, the UN nuclear watchdog said Iran was still defying the ultimatums to suspend enrichment but that it had made some progress in revealing the extent of its nuclear programme.
US President George W. Bush said Friday that international pressure on Iran "must, and will, grow" if Tehran refuses to freeze sensitive nuclear work.
2 hideouts destroyed in military action in Swat (Posted at 2200)
SWAT: The gunship helicopters have wiped out the two hideouts of militants by bombing here, however, no loss of life was reported.
Sources told that the gunship helicopters of the security forces resorted to heavy firings at Sar Senai, Kabal, Hazara, Koza Banda, Dherai Kanju and Mam Dehrai areas here, while the militants tried to target the gunships by rocket launchers, which triggered bombing by gunships destroying militants’ two posts at Sar Senai and on the bank of the river. Several houses were also damaged in this operation. The gunships also dropped bombs at Nangoi, Bandi and Fiza Ghat’s mountains, but no loss of life was reported.
The people here due to this stand off have confined themselves to their houses, which has paralyzed day-to-day life here. On the other hand, the militants claim to caught one spy at Koza Bandi area here.
Chief military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said US-built Cobra choppers Friday pounded two "miscreant" bunkers as well as mountain positions near the airport at Saidu Sharif, one of the main towns in the area.
"We launched retaliatory fire. We intercepted the militant communications which confirmed they lost 40 men," Arshad said, adding that he had no details of casualties for Friday's fighting. He said a leading militant commander named Matiullah was among the dead.
In another part of the valley, troops dug in overnight and launched new attacks against a "heavy presence of miscreants who are occupying various heights" along one of the main roads leading toward China, Arshad said.
Addressing the journalists in Swat, PID Deputy Director Amjad Iqbal said gunship helicopters of the security forces resorted to heavy firings and destroyed two hideouts of militants in Najia mountains and two double-cabin vehicles and bunkers in Dheri Check posts.
According to police, the announcement has been made that curfew would be imposed from 2am at night lying between Friday and Saturday to 2pm on Saturday in Malakand Agency and Swat.
