Why Pakistan pulled the BBC from airwaves

Pakistan cable news operators pulled the BBC off the airwaves after deeming a program called 'Secret Pakistan' one sided. The move reflects deepening public hostility toward the …

Written on November 30, 2011 | Posted in News, Pakistan, War, call, unlmitie

Pakistan blocks BBC World News TV channel for spreading 'anti-Pak propaganda'

Pakistani cable television operators have blocked broadcasts of the BBC's World News channel, and threatened to suspend other foreign channels showing 'anti-Pakistan' content.

Written on November 30, 2011 | Posted in Channels, ISI, News, Pakistan, US, ad, unlmitie, world news

Pakistani cable TV blocks BBC over documentary

KARACHI, Pakistan -; The president of Pakistan's cable TV association says operators have blocked BBC World News because of a documentary critical of the country's commitment to fighting …

Written on November 29, 2011 | Posted in News, Pakistan, UN, US, cia, karachi, unlmitie, world news

Nato admits Pakistan troop deaths

It is “highly likely” that Nato aircraft were behind a deadly overnight raid on a Pakistani border checkpoint, a Nato spokesman has told the BBC. Brigadier-General Carsten Jacobson said …

Written on November 26, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, ad, aid, aircraft, cars, nato, unlmitie

The Surfer: Basil D’Oliveira’s extraordinary life

Basil D’Oliveira 1931-2011

Written on November 19, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, Obituaries, Sports, UN, US, england, live, uth

Musharraf on UK 'torture policy'

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has cast doubt on Britain's public stance that countries should not torture British citizens on its behalf. He told the BBC's Peter Taylor that …

Written on March 14, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, US, mushar, unlmitie

The Surfer: The Sachin & Sourav show

Tim Peach on the BBC website witnesses some serious hero worship in Nagpur in the countdown to Sachin Tendulkar’s century of centuries. There was a banner at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Saturday night saying ‘countdown to God’s 100 hundreds’. The ‘God’ in question is India’s Sachin Tendulkar, a man whose cricket genius has elevated him to a stratospheric level of fame on home soil. On a similar theme Dileep Premachandran in the Sunday Guardian questions the impact Asia’s cricket-crazed fans have on their beloved teams. Some would…

Written on March 13, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, ICC World Cup 2011, Sports, UN, US, Web, ad, ban, guardian, india, teams

The Surfer: Insect bites, missing luggage and Boycott’s brilliance

The World Cup schedule gives all the teams plenty of time between games to rest and recover but the hoards of journalists covering the tournament have no such luck. They must jet not only from match to match, but from country to country, often with little or no sleep in between. In his BBC blog, Adam Mountford, the BBC Radio Cricket producer, recaps a week involving faulty broadcast lines, insect bites, missing luggage and an award for Test Match Special. Back at the hotel, I get a text from Tim…

Written on March 11, 2011 | Posted in Cricket, ICC World Cup 2011, Sports, UN, US, War, World Cup, ad, cia, games, teams

Three journalists detained, beaten in Libya

LONDON: Three BBC journalists were “detained and beaten” before being subjected to a mock execution while reporting in battle-torn Libya, the news organisation reported Wednesday. “They hit me with a stick, they used their army boots on me, and their knees,” Feras Killani, one of the released BBC Arabic reporters, said of his captors. “He found a plastic pipe on the ground and beat me with that, then one of the soldiers gave him a long stick,” Palestinian refugee Killani added. “He knew who we were and what we were doing.” Killani and his colleagues, Briton Chris Cobb-Smith and Turk Goktay Koraltan, were arrested on Monday and then taken to barracks where they “suffered repeated assaults”. Liliane Landor, controller, Languages, BBC global news, said: “The BBC strongly condemns this abusive treatment of our journalists and calls on the Libyan government to ensure all media are able to report freely. “Despite these attacks, the BBC will continue to cover the evolving story in Libya for our audiences both inside and outside the country,” she vowed. (AFP)

Written on March 10, 2011 | Posted in 2011, News, UN, US, ad, aid, army, call, media

Jayawardene mulls action over corruption allegation

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’’s former skipper Mahela Jayawardene is reportedly considering suing a state-run television network for hinting he may have helped fix a World Cup match against Pakistan. Jayawardene, who lost his middle stump for just two runs in a game that Sri Lanka lost by 11 runs, was mulling legal action against the station for implying he was guilty of corruption, the BBC said. Jayawardene’’s manager told a news agency on Tuesday that they were not commenting because “a formal process has been initiated.” The state television commentary said a local businessman had placed a $18,000 bet on Sri Lanka losing the game. The TV channel speculated over whether Jayawardene and Thilan amaraweera, dismissed for one, had “changed the game” by getting out cheaply and said the outcome would have been different had the pair scored more runs. Despite high hopes coming into the match, 1996 champions Sri Lanka fell short of Pakistan’’s total of 277-7, leaving thousands at a packed R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo devastated. Governing body Sri Lanka Cricket said they had not received a formal complaint from the two players. “We are not aware of the issue,” Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive officer Ajith Jayasekera said. Three Pakistan Test players — Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer — were last month banned on charges of corruption relating to last year’’s Lord’’s Test against England. Many Sri Lankan players have been investigated by the International Cricket Council over match-fixing in the past.

Written on March 1, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, ISI, International, News, Pakistan, Sports, Sri Lanka cricket, UN, US, USA, War, World Cup, ad, aid, ban, banned, corruption, england, match-fixing

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