Good it should be banned permanently.

Geo Network should be banned forever. And all the management should be tried for treason.

The press should be free. If Geo broadcaster has violated the laws of the land, they should be brought before the courts, baring this any unilateral decision to ban the outfit should be severely condemned by all.

General Musharraf tenure followed a more liberal policy towards the press with fewer restrictions and much less manipulation. However, he himself becomes victim of his own liberal policies at the end. The growth of print and electronic media in Pakistan has been astronomical. However, media uses the muscles to get favors from powerful as our rest of the society does, unfortunately Geo did cross the line way beyond the limit.

Ban Geo permanently...

Absolutely correct action........ TV channels should remain within the limits and refrain from such actions which create a volatile situation disturbing the national interests of the country.......

I hope geo group gets banned for life

Great! The electronic media needs to be regulated. It will at least set the precedence for others to behave. We want PEMRA to be more powerfull.

Please ban it asap!

It is very unfortunate for this nation that to meet an injured journalist who belongs to a media group that is playing a major role in defaming Pakistan, our society, our military and promoting the culture and desires of our long time enemy India! PM saheb there are lots of other people who needs attention, who needs care by govt and society too, you haven't ever visited them. Lots of people are murdered without knowing the reason, girls raped on the behest of Waderas', Chaudhry's, Malik's etc. those are sitting in Parliament, & Provincial Assemblies and are members of either your party or your other partners like PPP, PML Q etc. but nobody cares about that. You are promoting your so called opposition party leader who even cannot speak proper Urdu the national language and famous for being Playboy in west to be named Bilawal Zardari because you have deal to earn for 5 years before the opposition is brought back for their turn. You never see the people standing to get CNG in their vehicles as they cannot afford fuel so they could keep in run for their livelihood instead you make them suffer as they can find this commodity between 10am to 4 pm, how come! Shame on you and on Judiciary too which is sleeping and only rises when there is Tauheen e Adaalat!

@fida sayani If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck! Let's call it for what it is please. Matters have gone wayyy past using the 'free press' and 'freedom of speech' argument.

Please permenantly ban this India sponsored Geo TV. Times of India has a substantial share in geo. They are all spreading propaganda against our state.

Suppressing media is only going to create hatred against spy agency. And only employees are going to hurt.

I think GEO is serving vested interest of Enemies of Pakistan. It must be banned and its owners be trialed for airing such henious programs.

Pak media has been severely criticising the political class, like any other media round the world, but that was acceptable. But the moment it dares to touch the army, specifically the IS I,they face a ban in the name of national interest. That's the way things have been in Pakistan and that's the way they are going to be. Put the army beyond accountability and let them rule,sometimes directly,and from behind the scene otherwise. This obsession with army, borne out of its hatred and fear of India has been this country's undoing and it will remain that way unless there is a revolutionary change in the general mindset.

But why PEMRA always feels comfortable in maintaining silence when it comes to action against tv channels who air indecent and highly immoral type of Ads ? And why no action when some channels were spitting poison against our highly respected supreme judiciary ?

To Control the Terrorism, Put all news channel under govt. control like our national news channel. no more PANIC on breaking news, no more Terrorism activity.

Geo did great. Yes... It did cross some lines, but its very important to control these agencies and army who think of themselves as Choudries of country.

Geo should not be banned,because its the only channel who boldly oppose the negativity, who have a stamina to boldly say about whats wrong n whats right. disagree wid this decision

Geo should not banned

I strongly condemn GEO TV

We hope that a fair and thorough investigation would be made into the incident and those who are behind ISI bashing would be exposed before the nation. However GEO should not be banned as thousands of people are working in this organisation who would be unnecessarily dragged into this crises. However, a stern action is needed against those who not only tried to implicate ISI chief and his prime agency into this matter but also launched a nasty propaganda against Pak armed forces. These people should not go scot free, after all.

With freedom comes responsibility. There is a limit to everything, especially, spewing vitriol. GEO and its anchors are a shame on freedom of speech. Salams

lame journalism. The Def. ministry have requested Pemra to suspend transmission license till the decision on petitions filed by the ministry and the Army are made. With material on this news, one can sense they could have requested for permanent cancellation which isn't true.

I am agree Pamra on right way in the case geo news

Intentionally or unintentionally Geo is being used for implementation of CIA agenda to bring maximum damage to our country and security institutes.

@Anupam So you want us to put the Media beyond accountability?? So far they have only asked for GEO to provide evidence and justification for their actions... and if they fail to do so then yes they should be penalized. Nothing wrong with the mindset and nothing wrong for a nation to be pro army.

Geo should be banned forever. How dare it raise a finger at ISI without any evidence. Ban Geo!

Embargo! Geo.

Everyone should have limits ... this is how we have balance in this world ... if someone crosses the limits then they should face the music as per the Law ... If Armed Forces cross the limits then they should be accountable ... if media crosses them then they should be accountable ... just as Musharif is being tried for treason case Geo must also be tried for treason case since they defamed ISI who is officially responsible for keeping an eye on the enemy of the state and enemies within the state ... Look what India / America must be saying to ISI making our so called largest news channel as the base ... what a shame ... honestly we as Pakistanis should stop watching channels who work on agendas and defame our nation ...

well they should be banned, if once its done other will know to be careful next time, one year back i stopped watching this network and stopped buying "the news", news channel are helping those bad guy by making pakistani peoples mentally ill, i say they brainwash but in a positive way that we done get to know , i have finially realized this and since i stopped watching i am in happy mood

Ban this channel and the whole organization, even the newspaper.

@ZX: No,I don't want media beyond accountability,but neither should the armed forces be.The only thing that differentiates a democracy from an autocratic setup is accountability.And yes I agree that nothing wrong in a nation being pro army,but if you read my message properly,I have objected to an "army obsessed" mindset.Media and politicians,both face public scrutiny and accountability every day of their existence.You vote out a politician you don't like and you switch the channel the moment you want to.But can the same be said about the army and the intelligence agencies?Does anyone has any role in the appointment and functioning of these agencies?That is precisely why a dominant political class and a vibrant media is necessary,to hold them accountable indirectly.

GEO is part of this fourth generation warfare that Pakistan has been subjected to from global forces. Media war, perception war, war of imposing ideas and ways of enemies of Pakistan over Pakistani nation. These are the individuals Quaid warned us about as enemy fifth column within.

although my brother is a geo journalist yet i dont favour geo against ISI .....BEST institution

Its a disgrace to the name of journalism when half cooked, hardly educated, big mouth, unruly and non sensical people are conducting these shameless talk shows on number of TV channels. And in the process calling each other senior journalists and anchors. PERMA must introduce strict regulations and should ensure only qualified and professionally licensed anchors can conduct these shows who have a good knowledge of their work ethics and topics. These street smart good for nothing youngsters should be banned from screen until they gain adequate qualification.

Promotes useless stuff. Should be banned for ever.

do we have any legal proceedings, legal frame work pertaining to media . Government cannot ban the media because they feel like it... It has to be on some legal grounds...public opinion or government means nothing... we are talking about a country not a pawn shop. if we want to be progressive the first condition is the removal of censorship.If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly. if the propaganda is to malign the reputation of institutions or agencies, then take them to the court or better yet call upon a grand jirga

What is Geo's actual crime? That they gave air time to victims brother who made relayed previous threat from ISI? Since when was it a crime to relay threats made to someone who has been attacked? ISI are behind the curve here, they can silence such an accusation on domestic tv, but accusers will simply use foreign satellite tv, the Internet etc. Its very short sighted and futile to go after geo. The question is why did hamid mir feel threatened by ISI? I am normally with iSI, but not this time. It is not their role to go round threatening our own citizens like this. We pay their wages, they work for us!

geo ko bane nhi karna chahia........GEO OR GENAY DU...................

DO NOT BANNED GEO NEW.........DEO OR DENAY DO............

Geo did great. Yes... It did cross some lines, but its very important to control these agencies and army who think of themselves as owner of the country.

Geo did great. Yes... It did cross some lines, but its very important to control these agencies and army who think of themselves as owner of the country.

All GEO channels MUST be Banned. They telecast nothing but propaganda against Pakistan and its institutions. Who funds GEO to do this? We All Know, Who?

It's not possible for Geo to be banned completely as they are very powerful people and they will throw their money just to get away with this. Money talks in Pakistan no matter who you are. We have many examples of how easy it is to bribe law and order and get away easily.

@fida sayani Government's action is constitutional. If Geo feels that it was innocent then it should approach the courts.

Geo deserves it. They have crossed all limits. Geo themselves high censors the comments that do not praise them. I have asked them to remove the comment section if they do not accept comments. Geo fabricated Ajmal Kasab to be Pakistani, had he be Pakistani there was no need to do so. They should be heavily penalised instead of barring. They are doing their advertisement in this situation as well. Only Geo Only Geo.... they should know there are other media networks as well.

It is unfair to close whole channel. This is the time for all media related to come out and tell openly on media to the people of Pakistan. Name of the sources which threaten them, whoever they are, political parties, ISI, if they let Geo to close the freedom of speech will be taken away. I am so upset that Muslim Nawas, put a request against geo. I think they have forgotten so quickly the days when the same media broadcasted their point of view, but I am not surprised as Muslim Nawaz leader has no brain and the people who call Nawaz Sharif their leader they need to go and get their brain checked. Even when it is being proof that ARMY was involved in distributing money to make or break governements why no action has been taken against them. Now when Mushraf is facing courts he is hiding behind his institute and using the argument that he was not alone knowing that no one will have the guts to bring whole department down. Why not bring them all down and

The justice is the first and foremost thing for citizen of any country.. but before that If putting allegations over the ISI is a matter of shame for the country, then how you justify the army chiefs being hanged in the past. The truth must prevail. ISI had been very notorious for such things from very long...

Now this is going to be fun , Media (The Biggest Brain Washer & black mailers ) vs Army ( done nothing good so far, except allocating them self plots & lands for barracks and Army societies in middle of all posh areas of our cities.

TV channels are for entertainment and impartial news information for the viewers. When a channel like GEO cannot deliver on either, than it needs to be shut down in the interest of the people.

Ban Geo....Free Pakistan

Yeah... ban GEO... that would make other TV channels think twice before broadcasting any news about our security agencies. Thank you.

Good action quicly bangeo news.

According to Islamic teachings, a person who forwards a listened talk / thing to other persons is a sign of being himself telling a lie. A person or any organisation who takes part in spreading nugatory / frivolous things among the peoples is doing an act of sin. It is the responsibility of the Government to control / regulate the electronic and print news media in national interest. The concept of free correspondence among the owners of newspaper/TV channels is not correct.

@Umair you should be ashamed

This is what happens in a country where there is no Civilian Supremacy. Institutions become larger than life, personalities become demigods. An Insitution which works on Tax Payer money is above criticism! We are lucky to be in India, where anyone and everyone can be criticised and live to tell the tale.