Tag: Geo

Gen Sharif pats ISI on the back as govt moves PEMRA

Defence Ministry files reference against Geo News for levelling ‘baseless allegations’ on ISI over attack on journalist Hamid Mir PEMRA member says Geo News will...

Bilawal pledges PPP’s support for Mir, Geo

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited injured journalist Hamid Mir in Karachi’s Agha Khan Hospital and told him that PPP was...

Democracy feeling the heat in Geo-army tiff

The murderous attack on journalist Hamid Mir and the ensuing fight between a media group and the establishment have created an uncertain situation in...

Petition filed to try Jang group for ‘high treason’

A petition has been filed at a sessions’ court, seeking registration of treason case against Jang and Geo group and its owner Mir Shakeelur...

Geo management distances itself from Mir’s allegations

  The management of the Jang and Geo News group on Sunday distanced itself from the allegations levelled against the ISI with its anchors claiming...

Dr Jekyll is back!

With a vengence It was quite obvious after last Ramadan that Geo was going to hire Dr Amir Liaqat back. Geo had six to eight...

Media wars Dunya and Geo slug it out all day

There’s a war raging on in the media. And another in the hearts and minds of the people. The Malik Riaz-Arsalan graft scandal has brought...

Safety in conformity?

An insider's perspective on how news channels work The ISPR press release on Wednesday landed in channel newsrooms like a bombshell and the shrapnel was...

PEMRA told to issue broadcasting licence to Geo Super

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to immediately issue broadcasting license to Geo Super and submit a...

Myth of Geo Super’s closure

This is apropos to the continuous fictitious, false and fabricated media campaign launched by a large media house against PEMRA for alleged closure of...

Geo colleague abetted Wali Babar’s killers?

KARACHI - A colleague of journalist Wali Babar escorted the ring leader of the gang of "target killers" who later murdered him, to the Geo office in Karachi, and helped him take snaps of Babar with his cell phone camera, disclosed the arrested accused of the case to a joint investigation team (JIT). The ring leader, Faisal alias Mota and Zeeshan, then distributed the snaps among a team of 26 target killers

PEMRA issues notices to Geo News, Geo Super

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued notices to the Geo News on airing false news reports whereby it was claimed that the PEMRA had blocked the transmission of the Geo Super. The action has been taken over continuous violations of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 and licence terms and conditions. This news item is an effort by the Geo News to deceive and misguide general public of the facts as well as to malign the authority.
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SC moved against Geo Super’s CEO

ISLAMABAD - A complaint was filed before Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry against the alleged misbehavior and manhandling of a lawyer for PEMRA by Mir Ibrahim Rehman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Geo Super TV channel. The complainant, PEMRA's lawyer Ali Raza, requested the CJP to take notice of the matter and order initiation of contempt proceedings against Rehman besides other legal action.

SC restores Geo TV’s rights to broadcast world cup matches

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday restored the rights of Geo Super television for telecasting cricket World Cup matches on cable network across the country, earlier withdrawn by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).
"The PEMRA notification of January 10, 2011, is suspended for being without lawful authority and we direct the authority to implement its earlier notification in letter and spirit", the court ruled in its brief order.
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