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| India-Pakistan |
| Pakistan cable TV operators block BBC |
| 2011-12-01 |
| The president of the Cable Operators Association of Pakistan, Malik Furqan Riaz, criticised the BBC for showing what he called an "anti-Pakistan documentary" and said the channel had been taken off air in several cities. The move came as anger rages over Nato attack on Pakistani posts near the Afghan border on Saturday that killed 24 soldiers. Viewers in Islamabad and the eastern city of Lahore said they were not receiving the BBC channel while the suspension was partial in the country's largest city Karachi. "BBC World will be totally blocked across the country on Wednesday, unless the channel tenders an apology for showing anti-Pakistan documentary," Riaz said. He gave no details about the documentary, but the BBC said on its website that the move was a response to "Secret Pakistan", a two-part programme questioning Pakistan's commitment to tackling Taliban militancy. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 How many fee-paying households will be affected by this move? The poverty rate in Pakistan is horrendous and getting worse, as I recall, and cable television is generally a middle class indulgence (except in America, where most of the so-called poor aren't). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-12-01 19:22 |
| #2 Damn, the Beeb must be doing something right. Who'd a thunk it? |
| Posted by: Spot 2011-12-01 07:42 |
| #1 New market for Internet TV. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-12-01 07:32 |