Support for Bol journalists pledged

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists headed by Rana Azeem has decided to hold protest rallies and sit-ins from Monday to demand withdrawal of restrictions on Bol TV channel.

It also demanded withdrawal of a letter issued by Information Minister Senator Pervaiz Rashid to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority for the cancellation of Bol channel’s licence.

It also decided to play an effective role for protecting jobs of journalists employed by the channel.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2015

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Shah Syed Rasheed New York

Jun 01, 2015 11:02am

Think about employees of BOL, do not close let live them and staff. FIA, Pak media acting on the basis of USA news papers, but here in USA no body knows anything abt it, why DG FIA went to Axite office, he do not know what happening under his nose, NYnews papers informed sir? treat CEO like human being, he was providing 3000 people jobs now all are unemployed.

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BALIGHANDAAQIL

Jun 01, 2015 12:16pm

To protest and press for restrictions on Bol ? On what grounds ? Why not let the ongoing investigations take its due course ? It is widely believed that Exact has thrown some money for such protests.

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Asif Iqbal

Jun 01, 2015 12:57pm

I hope people would understand that barring BOL is not about restricting journalism but rather putting on hold a business that is susceptible to having its roots in very ill-earned money; for if that be the case, any moral argument or effort to support BOL or any other similar business by anyone not only holds void but immoral in itself.

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Rao

Jun 01, 2015 10:48pm

Guys, In an Interview with Channel 24 Bol's CEO claimed to have business relations with Digital River in usa. That caught my attention and called Digital River management and found that they have no relation with Axact or Bol or any Pakistani company. This clearly shows to me that he is a scam artist , spoiled Pakistani image and duped millions of dollars since 1997...with 370 fake universities... if jobs are important do something real..He cheated world to start companies in news media to feed investigative ,authentic journalists...what a joke..

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hassan

Jun 02, 2015 01:18am

@Asif Iqbal Going by your logic, all the channels should be banned.Now that would be moral thing to do.....

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zaidi

Jun 02, 2015 08:41pm

@Asif Iqbal It is just a fake propaganda agianst them. Just listen his previous speeches that why they decided to launch the channel and their social welfare agenda for Pakistan. If media is criticizing them for their own interests if doesn't mean that they are guilty. Listen his earlier speeches, listen his humbleness and patriotism, and that all their business is legitimate and no court trial is being made against them so far. it is just a fake propaganda against them by media tycoons.

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