May 31, 2021
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned at the decision by
Geo News to take popular anchor and journalist Hamid Mir off air as it is perceived to have been taken because of external pressures.
According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ),
Geo News has banned Mir from hosting his talk show
Capital Talk. In a statement issued on May 31, PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General Nasir Zaidi said that the media organization’s management should inform the media fraternity what had prompted them to take the decision “within the 72 hours of Mir’s speech in front of the National Press Club on Friday (May 28) where he condemned non-democratic forces for attacks on media persons and Asad Toor.”
Pakistan opposition parties have rejected the Imran Khan government newly proposed media ordinance, with both PPP and PML-N criticising the ordinance on Mon
Pak s popular news host taken off air
ANI
31 May 2021, 23:19 GMT+10
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 31 (ANI): A popular news anchor in Pakistan has been taken off the air for three days after he spoke against the rising curbs on freedom of expression in the country.
This comes after Hamid Mir, the host of the flagship news program Capital Talk , raised concern about the safety of his colleagues, following the recent attack on reporter Asad Ali Toor.
Mir, who himself has survived assassination attempts said that he ready to go to any extent because they are threatening his family. Nothing new for me. I was banned twice in the past. Lost jobs twice. Survived assassination attempts but cannot stop raising voice for the rights given in the constitution, he tweeted.