He is worried about proposed legislation that passed Thursday through the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Information—which is headed by the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. The committee has recommended that a new law be passed that would set restrictions on media, including a ban on live coverage of events the government doesn't want to see on the air. Mazhar says the legislation would allow for sentences of up to three years in jail and 10 million rupee fines (about US$120,000). He worries that “it is almost the revival” of an ordinance amended by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulations Authority that was imposed by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007. That's the day Musharraf declared a state of emergency amid mounting political criticism that eventually drove him from office.
Pakistan is of course at the forefront of the fight against the Taliban.its armies are currently on the offensive in the border territories with Afghanistan and the Taliban have responded by carrying out suicide attacks on its cities including a devastating one in Peshawar earlier this week
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Recent history in Pakistan is similar to events in Iran during the rule of the Shah. Both leaderships were strongly backed by the US, and were involved in widespread repression or attacks on their own people. Both regimes followed policies that were deeply unpopular domestically. In Iran, this led the revolution of 1979 which created an Islamic Republic. Could something similar happen in Pakistan?
http://watching-history.blogspot.com/2009/10/future-of-pakistan.html
Have Some Decency Is an article that shows the negative role various journalists are playing who have plagued our society and creating havoc with those who are looking towards a more progressive and united Pakistan!
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