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Pak chokes off TV channels

Islamabad, June 4
Pakistani authorities have blocked the transmission of several TV channels in most parts of the country in an apparent attempt to rein in the coverage of the crisis over the suspension of top Judge Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Several private channels like Geo News, Aaj and ARY, which had extended a coverage to Chaudhry’s travels and meetings, went off air throughout yesterday.

“The government has blocked the Transmission of Pak TV channels blocked

transmission of the Geo News TV channel across the country due to reasons best known to them,” said the portal of the Jang Group of newspapers.

According to its website, the transmission of Geo TV was blocked almost countrywide while Aaj TV blackout was in Lahore and Islamabad.

Aaj TV offices in Lahore were not aware which programme had offended the authorities.

The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) yesterday were warned that Pakistan authorities would take satellite TV channel off the air if its programmes went against the “armed forces, judiciary and the integrity of Pakistan”. — PTI