Listening Post - post-Musharraf Pakistan - 12 Sep 08- Part 2

The Listening Post looks at Pakistan in the post-Musharraf era.

Under President Pervez Musharraf's government, the Pakistani media was subject to extensive liberalisation with dozens of new TV channels being launched.

But as the Musharraf era neared its end stations were closed, anchor people were ordered off the air and newspapers faced censure for reporting unfavourably on the government.

What will the coalition government and Asif Ali Zardari, the new president, mean for the media now? What will the change of leadership mean for freedom of speech?

In this week's Newsbytes: Saudi TV station Al Arabiya's man in Tehran gets kicked out of Iran; problems at the recently launched BBC Arabic channel as staff vote to strike; under fire Thai PM Samak Sundaravej is told to leave office because of a TV cooking show; and American cable giant MSNBC bows to pressure after accusations of overly politicising its US convention coverage.

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[Shammwow]

@htowndesi1 . Musharraf was a thickly accented clown of a dictator who shamed the whole nation in 9 years of illegal rule. He brought the worst terrorism and instability before he was kicked out crying. Mush proved that any bad politician is still better than a bad dictator.

[htowndesi1]

Musharaf gave more freedom to media then this Bloody PPP so called democratic government, If any broadcaster speak against PPP then get life thereating masgs

[eshii777]

stupid people ( they don't know ) .

[farazkkk]

@rakeshroy87 tere bagwan ki koss mai fire randi k bache tujhe nahi pata tu kiss ko galiyan dai raha hai maderchoud

[farazkkk]

@rakeshroy87 maaaaaaaaaaa daar chud k bace allha ko kiun bich mai lata hai randi ki ulaaad

[Taimoork89]

rakseh has no self respect... hes gettin his mum fucked since forever and still dat mother fucker is tokin back... go fuck ur mum rakesh... all u can do is bark.... u worthless perice of shit... go drink cow piss... asshole...

[4aaaaa4]

THE PENTAGON PLANS TO NEVER EVER LEAVE PALESTINE, IRAQ, OR AFGHANISTAN

THE PENTAGON plans to AGAIN TARGET US ALLIES TO FRAME IT & BLAME IT ON THE INNOCENT CIVILIZATIONS THAT IT NEEDS TO VILLIFY. TO BOOST PROPAGANDA FOR "SECURITY-AGGRESSION"

In another year or less, Americans or Europeans will AGAIN fall victim to a STAGED act of "Terrorism" (biological or armed) which WILL kill MANY thousands

BEWARE. CIRCUMSTANCES AND WORLD OPINION AGAIN THREATEN THE U.S. ILLEGAL ECONOMIC OCCUPATIONS

[rakeshroy87]

madarchod ke bache teri ma ko taliban chodte hain,roz rat ko utha ke le jate hain

phir teri ma unka lund chusti hai

phir teri ma ke boobs se wo doodh peete hain

rand ke bache maa chuda

[rainbowrising1]

ZIADA NA BOL ke time zaia kar raha hoon, Is this what u want to say, MAGAR mein bata chuka hoon ke TERI GAND nahin mar sakta, AIDS ka RISK hai, tum sab ko AIDS to HAI hi, APNI MAAN ko CHOD , AGAR koi aur NAHIN CHOD RAHA, YA KOI DANDA HI PHANSA DE , ADHA TU LE LAI , AKAILAY NA MAZAY LE MAAN KA Bhi KHAYYAl kar, GANDOO. Mujhe PATA hai TU BAHOT KHUSH HOTA , JAB TUJHE GANDOO KAHO, ISS LIYA to tu aya hai,

[rakeshroy87]

abe garib muslim zyada mat bol

ja aur bhik mang

ALLAH KE NAAM PE DEDE ,CHAR DIN SE KHANA NAHIN KHAYA HAI

that is what you dad did aur maa to RANDI thi hi

abe KATUWE musalman ja apne allah ka kata hua land choos le