[DDN] Ammended: Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in Pakistan

[Fouad Riaz Bajwa]

Private Media takes to the Internet e-Reporting the Emergency Situation in
Pakistan

(BytesForAll Pakistan - Emergency News Service) After Private Media Channels
were shut down under Emergency Declaration as part of the second military
coup in Pakistan, channels have adopted the Internet as their medium for
e-Reporting. 

Many major News Channels of the country have initiated Live Audio streams
for news reporting via their websites thus providing an option to update
citizens on the situation.

Commenting on the Emergency situation in Pakistan, a News Media Channel
source shared that PEMRA, the media regulatory body had issued an ordinance
to private news channels ordering the closure of television transmission. 

This order has also terminated CNN and BBC transmissions on private cable
networks in the country thus citizens are unable to access updates on the
prevailing Emergency situation that was announced Saturday evening followed
by a late night speech by General Musharaf.

"We have initiated transmission by employing light weight data streams and
an IP addressing scheme range put into place in order to manage prevention
by the authorities and we can do an immediate shift-over as the need
arises". said an IT expert at a local news channel. Such a channel includes
the country's most famous Geo Television Network at http://www.geo.tv.

"The current situation of the country is under Marshal Law after Emergency
was declared by revoking the constitution that has also terminated the human
rights of citizens". The current situation poses a security threat to
members of Civil Society. This also includes the key members of the
BytesForAll Network spread throughout the country. 

The BytesForAll Pakistan will be e-Reporting on the electronic and civil
situation in the region. A detailed list of Pakistani Television Channels
and media networks are available at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pakistani_television_channels