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Move to shut Pakistani Geo TV down
"Geo Television has said Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is behind a move by the United Arab Emirates government to stop its transmission.
"Geo TV said it had received 'communications' from the Dubai administration asking it to stop two popular current affairs talk shows or else close down. The Pakistani channel is headquartered in Dubai and has had a troubled relationship with the government there since the 2007 Emergency in Pakistan.
"Dubai’s authorities pulled the plug on the channel in November 2007, allowing it back soon after severe international condemnation, though the channel remained banned in Pakistan until January 2008.
"The two talk shows that the Dubai authorities want off air, Capital Talk and Merey Mutabiq (According to Me) came back on Geo only in March, after the elections.
"The channel, owned by the Jang media group, said it had been told the programmes, which have come out openly in support of the restoration of the judges sacked by the retired General Pervez Musharraf, were damaging relations between Dubai and Pakistan. [...]"
Source: The Hindu (India), June 14, 2008
Posted at: 2008-06-23
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