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Posts Tagged ‘Geo’

Saleem Safi versus Hamid Mir

By Maria Sultan • Oct 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The internal politics of the private TV channels is a strange story in itself. The most viewed channel GEO hosts some most popular journalists and the cheap battles and jealousy stories among these anchors and journalists are getting new hype because everyone wants to become number 1.
Saleem Safi and Hamid Mir have gained a new [...]



TV Channels Reopening: Supreme Court fails to apprehend the Culprit–PEMRA

By A Khokar • Aug 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Supreme Court orders to Re-open Blocked TV Channels.
Dr Shahid  Masoud, President of ARY digital took the case of Blockage of ARY and Other channel to the supreme courts; where upon the Pemra chief secretary was summoned and was inquired. He plainly denied that he has ordered to block the transmission of ARY or Geo channels.
He [...]



Sindh National Party or Pakistan People’s Party’s Proxy

By Sher Ali • May 23rd, 2010 • Category: Politics

The workers of little known Sindh National Party (SNP) have surrounded the offices of Geo and Jang at the behest of government, Geo News reported Sunday.  Speaking to Geo, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Faisal Sabzwari condemned the siege and urged the provincial government to take immediate steps for ending the siege.
Sindh [...]



Let’s Get Rid of Pundits Like Dr. Shahid Masood

By Umer Toor • May 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Just imagine, when all else failed, the anchorperson of GEO Dr. Shahid Masood gathered up some jotshis, amils, astrologers to make a point that the days of PPP government are numbered and now its just matter of time that the President Zardari and his regime will be roll-backed, most likely by the army takeover.
We all [...]



A message to Geo and Jang group of newspaper, Lahore

By Guest Blogger • Apr 27th, 2010 • Category: Politics

It is a matter of great concern that since the present government takeover the control of Pakistan, a flood of problems has started in our beloved country. Growing incidents of terrorists attacks, drone attacks and then interference of foreign agencies in our country has created law and order situation and insecurity in Pakistan. Our soldiers, [...]



Loadshedding and Media

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Mar 23rd, 2010 • Category: Features

The country is facing 18 hours of electricity break down these days. It is almost collapse of the state. I condemn most of the media outlets for giving it less-than-due coverage. It is useless to mention the loss being accrued to industrial, business and domestic sectors due to the collapse of [...]



Gilani Goes Zardari

By Ali Yar Khan • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The short order and the detailed judgement of the Supreme Court has at least done one favor to the political horizon of Pakistan. It has told all of who care where the premier Yousuf Raza Gilani stands. Those who were speculating about rifts between President and the Prime Minister should know better now.
The columnists and [...]



Media Wars: Geo Zardari Party

By Dil Nawaz • Jan 17th, 2010 • Category: Politics

President Zardari’s struggles against a ‘belligerent’ Geo News seems very strange,if seen in isolation. Supposedly Geo News is working for ‘freedom of expression’ previously against a dictator and now against a democratically elected president. Geo and its parent Jang group are well versed in judging the ‘trend of the time’.
Zardari is unpopular due his alleged [...]



Awaz-e-Dost, American Propaganda Through SMS

By Sharafat • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: Technology

So get ready to receive some pro-American non-sense to be propagated through the text messages on your cell phone. The point man of Obama or the American viceroy to Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has met with the telecom operators according to a TV report and has struck a deal with the the telco gurus and has [...]



Close Down GEO and Everything Will be Fine

By Gul Raiz • Dec 21st, 2009 • Category: Politics

Honestly, if you don’t watch GEO Television, everything seems so routine and normal in the country and you don’t get bouts of frustration and agony and you don’t shudder that Pakistan will be no more in coming some weeks or the country won’t be engulfed in the civil war and we will be cutting each [...]