Pakistan military shuts down main TV news channel in media crackdown

Concerns grow about increasing censorship by security forces

Geo TV Pakistan
Protesters burn the logo of Geo TV
(Image credit: Sajid Hussain/Getty Images)

Pakistan’s most widely-viewed TV channel says it has been “forced off the air” this week, fuelling fears that the country’s security forces are “flexing their authority over civilian institutions” including the government itself.

As signals to the Geo TV network vanished across most of the nation, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority insisted that it is not behind the blackout - leaving fingers pointing at the country’s military.

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