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Pakistan bans TV channel's programme on judge's suspension
By IANS,
Mar 16, 2007 - 10:30:17 AM
Karachi, March 16 - Pakistan has banned the private Geo TV channel from airing a programme that dealt with the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, and the resulting protests.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority - ordered the management of Geo television network to stop airing its flagship daily news programme 'Aaj Kamran Khan Key Saath' with immediate effect Thursday night, according to a spokesman for Geo News.
As per the government order, Geo News aired an apology to its viewers at 11.05 p.m., the regular time for the programme, explaining that the government order had led to show being taken off the air.
The show was apparently taken off because the government disliked the coverage on the show of Chaudhry's suspension and the angry protests following it. 'I never knew that the government would get so desperate and lose patience so soon with this free flow of information,' said Khan.
'We never had an agenda other than providing people the most accurate news and an objective analysis on this most important turning point in our history,' Khan was quoted as saying in Daily Times.
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