Excertps from WEEKLY PAKISTAN MEDIA REVIEW
Volume: 05 No:18......................May 11 To May 17, 2007
Pakistan Press Foundation.

"The Aaj TV building came under fire from MQM supporters who wanted the airing of live footage of the unrest in the city stopped," the network's chief executive Arshad Zubairi was quoted as saying by AP.

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Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RUIN) has strongly condemned attack on the independent private TV channel, AAJ, and criticised the provincial and Federal governments for their failure to provide protection to one of the most respected and popular TV channels of the country for six long hours.

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Holding black placards against the government as well as its key ally, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), media organisations' representatives, including Mushtaq Minhas and Afzal Butt, spoke on the occasion denouncing the measures aimed at gagging the media.  

Demonstration against government attempts to gag media

Afzal Butt of RUIN held the MQM and its leader Altaf Hussain responsible for firing on AAJ TV and harassment of the journalists. They alleged that the MQM and its leadership was behind these attacks on the AAJ TV and opposition political parties in Karachi on Saturday. Business REcorder

Attack on media in Karachi condemned

ISLAMABAD, May 14: The Citizens’ Media Commission of Pakistan (CMCP) has expressed shock over the tragic loss of life, injuries and destruction of property in Karachi over the weekend. The CMCP’s Islamabad chapter, in a statement, said the happenings of the day would always be remembered as a black mark on the face of Pakistan.

(Business Recorder/Dawn May 16/2007)