International

Geo News slapped with shut down notice

Darpan News Desk, IANS, 24 Apr, 2014 10:58 AM

Following complaints from the defence ministry and ISI, Pakistan's media regulator has slapped Geo News with a notice asking why its operations should not be shut down.

Geo News administration has been asked by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to reply within 14 days as to why it should not be shut down for violating the regulator's laws, the TV channel reported Thursday.

The notice states that PEMRA received a complaint from the defence ministry April 22 that Geo News has launched a campaign against Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and its officers after the attack on Geo News's senior editor and the channel's anchor Hamid Mir April 19, the report said.

ISI alleged that there was a history of airing anti-state content on Geo News.

Hamid Mir, a senior and respected journalist in Pakistan, was seriously injured when four motor-cycle riding men pumped two bullets into him while he was riding a car on way from Karachi airport to his Geo News office April 19.

Prev Next

MORE International ARTICLES

Afghan Drawdown: New conflict or back-door occupation?

When, in mid-1945, the allied armies advancing across Western Europe were ordered to halt to enable the marauding Soviet forces perform the final denouement of the Second World War by capturing Berlin, it sowed the seeds of the Cold War that lasted almost half-a-century and whose present-day ramifications are there for all to see.

Afghan Drawdown: New conflict or back-door occupation?

Abdullah Abdullah leads in Afghan presidential election

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah was leading in the partial results, the country's Independent Election Commission (IEC) chairman announced Sunday.

Abdullah Abdullah leads in Afghan presidential election

Search for missing Malaysian plane remains fruitless

A dozen aircraft and 14 ships Sunday continued the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane but the efforts remained fruitless even on the 37th day of MH370 going off the radar on a Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight.

Search for missing Malaysian plane remains fruitless

Now Preet Bharara takes on New York governor

New York's Indian-American prosecutor Preet Bharara, who is known in India for his dogged prosecution of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, has now taken on the state's Governor Andrew M. Cuomo over his decision to shutter an anti-corruption commission as part of a deal with legislators for an ethics package.

Now Preet Bharara takes on New York governor

The $1.5m golden nugget: World's largest gold crystal is here

A heavy piece of gold, found years ago in Venezuela, has now been identified as the world’s largest single crystal of gold. Worth an estimated $1.5 million (about Rs.9 crore), the rare lump of gold weighs 217.78 grams and is the size of a golf ball.

The $1.5m golden nugget: World's largest gold crystal is here

Crimean parliament adopts new constitution

The Crimean parliament Friday voted unanimously in favour of a new constitution that proclaims it a legal and democratic state within the Russian Federation.