Saturday, November 3, 2007

Emergency Imposed - Independent Media Gone Off-Air

2100 PKT: Benazir coming back to Pakistan, Musharraf to address the nation at 2300 PKT (1100 pm). GEO TV website unaccessible due to high traffic. AAJ TV website works fine. Internet speeds slashed, video streaming is impossible.

2000 PKT: Chief Justice Chaudary Iftikhar Ahmed has been sacked along with 10 judges.

1930 PKT: HUM TV, Masala TV and Wikkid Plus is back on-air; at least government thought about entertaining people.

1800 PKT: PTV announces State of Emergency. GEO TV website nonfunctional. MAST FM103 nonfunctional.

1715 PKT: WORLDcall unplugs all independent TV stations including Cartoon Network, Wikkid Plus, HUM TV and other entertainment channels.