GEO Changes Tone
Posted by anas on Jun 24, 2008 in Pakistan | 9 commentsMore surprisingly, than refreshingly, the two famous programs on GEO namely Capital Talk and Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath and the distinguished guests on them had very different opinions.
- Ansar Abbasi said that is is unfair to blame the President for everything that is happening and the Parliament should be held responsible. He said that his sources have revealed that it wasn’t the President (alone) behind the closure of GEO’s programs in Dubai and the court decision against Nawaz Sharif, but the Government of Pakistan had a major role in that as well.
- Mr. Abbasi also alleged some PML-N leaders who had to relinquish their lucrative ministries were willing to accept PCO judges to get those back! It’s on record folks, watch Capital Talk (23rd June). He mentioned that Ishaq Dar approved the increase in the number of judges on behalf of PML-N and later Nawaz Sharif claimed of having no idea about it.
- Absar Alam, another member of anti-Musharraf campaign, called Yousuf Gilani a dummy PM (finally!). He reasoned that Shaukat Aziz was given much more press coverage, had a greater role in decision-making and had a better image among people while Gilani isn’t perceived of making even minor decisions without daddy’s nod. He also cited few examples in the program of Kamran Khan dated 23rd June.
- Ansar Abbasi also alleged that all decisions are being made at the Zardari House (late to realise Mr. Abbasi?).
This should exonerate President Musharraf of the unusual and absurd blames that were charged against him by these journalists and the political parties. What I see now is that the guns of these journalists and media men have been redirected from the President House to Zardari House.
Just goes to show what an effect these media people can have on the general thinking of the masses. And that is exactly why they must be kept in check at all times.
It is because of them that Musharraf has been painted in a bad picture. If they had shown unbiased reports from the beginning, maybe we wouldn’t have gone from $ 16 billion in foreign reserves to $ 11 billion in just three months, not to talk about the fall of the stock market from more than 15000 to less than 12000 points. In fact, these are the same people who caused a $ 18 billion loss at the stock exchange when they reported the false resignation of Musharraf some time ago.
The need for some sort of moderation in the form of law for media is quite apparent now. The media should be held accountable for its misdeeds, wrong reporting, rumors which can wreak havoc in the stock markets and among investors.
Geo sucks … big time. Now they show films like Dinner with President, whats next? Will they paint Mush to be the saint? Why cant these people be consistent? Even Fox news is better, at least they stick to their opinions and policies
Well, Fox News isn’t paid by Nawaz Sharif, is it? And now that he’s run out of money…
Dinner with President?! Never heard that. LoL
GEO must be held accountable for its cash inflows and outflows and the damage it has inflicted on the nation’s economy just by biased and baseless reporting.
Geo ka koi deen eemaan hi nahi hai
that aside, it is indeed refreshing to see these people change stands, perhaps their payments have been stopped!
Probably the campaign has dragged on for longer than planned resulting in financial issues. Time to sell Raiwind
hahaha,
If they auction Raiwind, i want to be there as well. I probably cannot even buy a chair from there but i have heard that it houses expensive antique furniture and biggest collection of crystal crockery …