The Press Ordinance and Its Repercussions

Urstruly - should be arrested and charged under terrorism act - for defending terrorists and thugs. I wonder why chowk staff does not take action against interactors who openly defend terrorists?

Re: # 14
Where in the world did you imagine this statistics?
ie 24 Pakistani jounalists killed;
68 journalists detained;
81 injured.
It is undeniably true Pakistan is experiencing rough times these days. But it is not a catastrophe. These troubles are only temporary and will pass.

kamth

... by the way, geo is back with some really watered down news broadcasts - sounds like ptv ........ it is a shame .... if this keeps on i am going to go back to cable and save fifty bucks a month

Re: # 18

The following website (Reporter Sans Borders) chronicles the deadly attrocities that Napak fouj and its military agencies have committed against the Pakistani journaists:

http://www.rsf.org/archives-en.php3?id_rubrique=51&annee=2004 &tri=

The names of journalist killed in

2005

Journalists who were killed during in 2005 in Pakistan:

Allah Noor,

Amir Nawab,

Muhammad Iqbal and

Ubaidullah Azhar,

2004:

Sajid Tanouli


and list just goes on and on.

Re: # 20

urstruly,

what about hayatullah khan dawar abd daniel pearl who were beheaded by your people ?

Re: # 20

urstruly,

what about hayatullah khan dawar abd daniel pearl who were beheaded by your people ?

urstruly,

please do a google search on 'journalists killed by taliban' - you will find some gruesome tales that will give you a lot of pleasure ...... the taliban and their ilk make their killings a lot more dramatic in keeping with the tradition of khandaq ....

Re: # 21

ah pahleez, Hayatullah Khan fell martyr in 2006 after being tortured by military agencies. His body was found in a ditch and his family, especially his brother was bluntly threatened by napak fouj if they did not keep their mouths shut. His crime was that he exposed the truth behind the masacre of school children in Waziristan. He provided undenieable video proof that those school children fell martyr in an air strike by Americans, while Napak fouj was vehmently pushing the lie that it was them who had killed their own pakistani citizens in an air strike. How low can these madarchods go.

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NaPak Fouj and its Criminal Terrorist agencies hit new Low today.

The criminals of NaPak fouj made good on their threats today. Today the hired goons of NaPak fouj blew up martyred journalist Hayatullah's house. His wife fell martyr to this attrocity. His five children miraculously survived. Hayatullahs brother accused the "same people" of committing this crime "who had murdered my brother". It is an open secret who he blames for the murder of his brother.

NaPak Fouj and its Criminal Terrorist agencies hit new Low today.

The criminals of NaPak fouj made good on their threats today. Today the hired goons of NaPak fouj blew up martyred journalist Hayatullah's house. His wife fell martyr to this attrocity. His five children miraculously survived. Hayatullahs brother accused the "same people" of committing this crime "who had murdered my brother". It is an open secret who he blames for the murder of his brother.

http://www.express.com.pk/images/NP_LHE/20071118/Sub_Images/11003010 25-1.gif

urstruly,

......... these are the people we are fighting :

KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in her home north of Kabul on Tuesday night as she slept beside her 10-month-old baby, Afghan officials said Wednesday.

The journalist, Zakia Zaki, 38, was the director of a private local radio station in Jabal-us-Siraj, an hour's drive north of the capital, Kabul. She was shot seven times, said Abdul Jabar Taqwa, the governor of Parwan Province. The baby survived.

Zaki, the mother of six children, had been receiving threats for the last few months demanding that she take the station off the air, Taqwa said. The nature of the threats was unclear, but she had been involved in women's rights advocacy and political activity.

Zaki was killed just six days after a reporter and anchorwoman on a private television station in Kabul was shot and killed in her house.

urstruly,

.... one more thing - killing barbers and video store owners is just as bad as killing journalists ....... don't you think?

Re: # 24

according to the army, hayatullah was killed by the miscreants ....... but if what you say is true and he was siding with the miscreants against the army, then he was a traitor and guilty of treason ......

Re: # 30

yes, exposing truth by a journalist is tentamount to being "siding with miscreants" in the minds of left-overs of East India Company. Guilty as charged. He was asking for being tortured to death. Job well done. Keep up the good work.

Re: # 14

Blithe,

Take a jog around memory lane and try to remember how "free" was the media under najaiz sharif and bezamir. Kidnapping (Najam Sethi) and brown lifafa culture was rampant. Addressing your point of contention, there were no Geo's or Ary's to offer alternative viewpoints. That does not negate journalists struggle to maintain their freedom of expression, simply highlights a important change in Pakistan's information history.