A friend from AAJ sent me an SMS & to confirm it i waited enough till i check myself on TV.

First it was GEO, then DAWN & now its AAJ TV.

Probably last few programs from AAJ Karachi proved hard to digest for the establishment & so the predications by Hamid Mir in a talk show a month back hosted by AAJ TV proved right today, that its already been decided by to take action against media for introducing nation to the truth.

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has served a show-cause notice on Aaj TV, a private television channel, for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the current judicial crisis and threatened it with closure. The authority has also sought an explanation from the chief executive officer of the television channel in person within three days to avoid a legal action

Talat Hussain just ended a LIVE program & replied (read thrashed) the objections one by one which had no sense except the one regarding NOC. LIVE callers didn’t show any mercy too.

The notice doesn’t mention once single point (time,program,news) where a violation has been done. Its every objection is generalized just for the sake of sending a notice.It’s hard to imagine & as one caller put it, the 18th century mentality of PEMRA that just don’t seem to digest the Information revolution.

I hardly missed any GEO, ARY, AAJ, CNBC talk show during last one month & If there is any channel that did its job better than others that’s AAJ TV. Its host Talat did an excellent job with his ever ready, better researched (than Hamid Mir & Kamran Khan at least) info, to the point observations & questions.

If AAJ TV fails to satisfy PEMRA in its reply then it may be bye bye for the cable wala viewers.. Alas AAJ TV just tasted the reality fruit.