Countrywide media protests against curbs, torture

Journalists throughout Pakistan on Wednesday protested against the recent media curbs, the closure of television news channels and arrests and torture of journalists in Karachi, Hyderabad and other areas of the country and called for a free media.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=82220

Curbs on Media

A great place to find out the latest on what is going on with Curbs on media.

http://www.jang.com.pk/important_events/curbonmedia/

http://thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=32385

In one of the recent news item, Geo News has been banned worldwide by Pakistan government in collusion with UAE Emirates. Geo News had achieved the status of CNN news in Pakistan for its to the point and open coverage without bias. Unfortunately, that was too much for the military regime of General Pervaiz Musharraf.