TV channels go off air amid Islamabad crackdown
 

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ISLAMABAD: After baring* media from live coverage of government's crackdown against protesters of religious groups , the Pakistan Electronic Media* Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has* suspended transmission of* all the TV channels .


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According to reports, most of the channels including Geo TV has gone* off air in Islamabad and elsewhere .

Senior journalist* and Capital TV talkshow's host Hamid Mir called the media watchdog's decision* *unfair.*

Sohail Waraich said suspending* TV transmission would give birth* to rumors.


Geo* TV's Director News Rana Jawad called on the government to withdraw the decision of shutting down the channels.

A policeman was martyred and 100 other people including policemen were shifted to different hospital after the authorities launched crackdown on the protesters at Faizabad Interchange.


The protesters were staging a sit-in for the last 19 days ignoring the government's appeals and court orders to end the protest.

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