KARACHI: The Independent Media Corporation of Mir Shakil-ur Rahman is locked in a bitter legal battle for breaching its contract with a private production house and non-payment of punitive damages worth Rs 2.25 billion slapped by an Arbitration Court in 2019. A&B Productions run by Pakistan’s veteran actor Asif Raza Mir and leading director Babar … Read more
In a highly objectionable and sensationalist post, Geo News/Jang Group has mocked the entire nation and called them ‘donkeys’. A satirical cartoon published in Daily Jang shows PTI chairman Imran Khan addressing his supporters who have bene depicted as a pack of ‘donkeys’. A caption of the cartoon shows him instructing his supporters to forget … Read more
Islamabad United suffered a huge blow after ace opener Alex Hales withdrew from the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL). The franchise stated that Hales has decided to leave the tournament due to personal reasons. “We wish him very best of luck for his future,” the franchise’s management said. As per a private news channel, Hales … Read more
Hamid Mir, a senior journalist and columnist, has been banned from hosting the popular news show Capital Talk on Geo News. Mir gave explosive remarks against state institutions at a protest rally organized against the attack on journalist Asad Toor, last week. Nothing new for me.I was banned twice in the past.Lost jobs twice.Survived assassination … Read more
A Pakistani woman has filed a lawsuit in which she accused the Yahya family and their Pakistani relatives Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, owner of the GEO/Jang group. She said they arranged her employment in the US and sent her only to make her live there illegally and thus engaging in human trafficking. According to the complaint, Bibi … Read more
On Sunday, the head office of the Geo and Jang Media Group was attacked by the protesters in Karachi. According to the details, the protesters vandalized the reception area and attacked the staff inside the building. Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz, condemned the attack and said violence is not acceptable in any circumstances. “If … Read more
Mir Shakil is in the custody of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). However, he is now being treated in the Services Hospital, receiving the VVIP facilities. The hospital is doing unnecessary medical tests of Mir Shakil, the medical treatment was possible in the jail but he is violating the rules of jail. Later, doctors at the … Read more
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a reference in the Lahore Accountability Court against former Prime Minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in an illegal allotment case. In the reference filed by NAB, Nawaz Sharif, Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Editor-in-Chief of Jang and Geo Group, Humayun Faiz, former Director General (DG) of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) … Read more
The National Accountability Bureau has submitted the report regarding Mir Shakeel ur Rehman’s case against the plot allotment scandal. NAB has submitted the report consisting of 17 pages to Lahore High Court. Sources said that the report has been submitted for a bailout. The NAB has presented its stance that the situation is not unusual … Read more
According to the latest updates regarding Media Firon’s bail case, Mir Shakil has finally decided to sell his channels to the respective officials. There are no options left to get the media Firon out from behind the bars. The news of selling the Media Firon’s channel has created tension and the workers are still in … Read more
Yet again, Media Firon Azhar Abbas’s channel Geo News violated Pakistan’s constitution. Under the Government of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the second amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan declared that Ahmadis (Qadianis) are non-Muslims on September 7, 1974. Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan’s (TLP) assembly member Sarwat Fatima filed a resolution against Geo News in Sindh Assembly. … Read more
Media Firon wants everything expensive and up to the notch. Be it the VVIP room in the Services Hospital or VVIP ambulance to commute from the hospital to the court. Police ambulance was brought to take Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman to the accountability court, but how can the Media Firon travel in that? For his comfortable traveling … Read more
Yet again, Media Firon Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman’s channel Geo News violated Pakistan’s constitution. Under the Government of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the second amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan declared that Ahmadis (Qadianis) are non-Muslims on September 7, 1974. Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan’s (TLP) assembly member Sarwat Fatima filed a resolution against Geo News in Sindh Assembly. … Read more
Media Firon’s channel preached Qadianiat in one of their shows. Ahmadis (Qadianis) are declared non-Muslims in Pakistan’s constitution. After TLP’s assembly member Sarwat Fatima urged in Sindh Assembly to ban Firon Mir-Shakil-ur-Rehman’s channel, on the other hand, Sunni Ittehad Council’s president Malik Baksh Illahi registered a complaint to PEMRA to ban Geo News. The complaint … Read more
Once again, Media Firon made Coronavirus the reason for not appearing in the National Accountability Court in Lahore after being summoned by NAB. Mir Shakil-u-Rehman was summoned to appear in Lahore’s accountability court for the hearing of the illegal plot allotment case. Media Firon’s officials made Coronavirus the reason for not bringing him to court … Read more
Pakistani actress and host Ayesha Omar revealed that she was not paid for various projects she has done in the past with GEO News. She lashed out at Pakistan’s mega TV network Geo/Jang group. She said that she has worked on several projects for GEO TV. But she was not paid. “A lot of people … Read more
Here is how GEO fuelled “assault on journalism” Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman has been arrested by NAB in a property fraud that happened in 1986 but, all the noise which was created by GEO and the Jang group voiced concern about the freedom of journalism. How can Jang group shift the attention from the corruption scandal of … Read more
Disgusting behavior – Khalil-ur-Rehman’s contract suspended after abusing Marvi Sirmed GEO Entertainment took swift action by canceling screenwriter Khalil ur Rehman Qamar’s contract after a major controversy on national television. During a heated discussion about the Aurat March and it’s slogans with activist Marvi Sirmed, Khalil ur Rehman strongly expressed his resentment over the “Mera … Read more
Disgusting behavior – Khalil-ur-Rehman’s contract suspended after abusing Marvi Sirmed GEO Entertainment took swift action by canceling screenwriter Khalil ur Rehman Qamar’s contract after a major controversy on national television. During a heated discussion about the Aurat March and it’s slogans with activist Marvi Sirmed, Khalil ur Rehman strongly expressed his resentment over the “Mera … Read more
Disgusting behavior – Khalil-ur-Rehman’s contract suspended after abusing Marvi Sirmed GEO Entertainment took swift action by canceling screenwriter Khalil ur Rehman Qamar’s contract after a major controversy on national television. During a heated discussion about the Aurat March and it’s slogans with activist Marvi Sirmed, Khalil ur Rehman strongly expressed his resentment over the “Mera … Read more
Javed Miandad played a key role in Pakistan’s 1992 WorldCup winning campaign. On February 26, 2020, he took to social media to convey his anger and disappointment towards a TV broadcast, which according to him had ‘disrespected’ him. Do not even bother to guess who this transmission could be from. Yes, of course, it had … Read more
Social media went into a heated debate after GEO TV’s official Twitter account produced a controversial tweet. The tweet “Tankhawa Nahi Dey Saktay Tou Kaam Kyun Kerwaatay Ho* (Why do you give work when you can’t pay)” created a great uproar among social media users. Many people understood this to be a genuine comment highlighting … Read more
Priorities matter! GEO News covering Kulsoom’s Nawaz grave gets backlash GEO/ Jang group has crossed all the limits of indecency as it discussed details of former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz’s grave. Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, had passed away on September 11, 2018, in London. She was buried on September … Read more
No monitoring! Geo Newscaster repeatedly reads reads ‘Kitabcha’ as ‘Kutta Bacha Pakistan has more than 50 news channels that provide a non-stop stream of news and commentary on current affairs. The need to produce endless content often leaves the teams at these channels over-worked and under-rehearsed. However, that does not justify using inappropriate language going … Read more
Media Firon Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continues to focus on financial interest than editorial interests The so-called popular Pakistani channel GEO TV went off-air in most parts of the country. It was later restored with similar assumptions and rumors about a deal with the establishment in the revival. However, there was much more behind the mysterious recovery … Read more
Beg before the employees hit the streets. Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, CEO of Jang and Geo group appears at the Supreme Court over charges levied against him for nonpayment of salaries to employees at Geo News. The editor-in-chief also faces a similar predicament as he faces authorities at the apex court. A Suo Motu case started off … Read more
“Maulana Diesel” mistake- GEO pays the price for wrong graphics Another major controversy occurred when GEO News graphics titled Maulana Fazal ur Rehman’s picture as “Maulana Diesel”. The JUI-F leader, among the most experienced and well-established politicians of the country, was appearing among a panel of experts to provide analysis and insights on the upcoming … Read more
PEMRA, short for Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, warned GEO TV when one of the officials at the news channel aired controversial content against the media watchdog. Earlier, the news channel had already faced heavy repercussions for airing an interview with Ehsanullah Eshan, the former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson. Now, they were found indulging in … Read more
