Levelling allegations: Probe Geo’s link with Doordarshan, say top PTI aide

Mazari claims ‘Amn Ki Asha’ was being funded by Indian sponsors including the Indian state television.

ISLAMABAD:

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf urged the government to take serious notice and investigate Geo TV’s link with the Indian state television-- Doordarshan.

In a statement to the media on Tuesday, the party’s Central Information Secretary Dr Shireen Mazari called for attention towards the Executive Summary of the Media Commission Report – the Commission having been formed by the Supreme Court which established direct links of the organisation with Doordarshan.

Quoting the report Mazari said the ‘Amn Ki Asha’ programme was being funded by a Norwegian NGO—Friends Without Borders. However, after going into the background of the funding of this programme, it was found that the campaign was also supported by Indian sponsors including the Indian state television.

She said this raised the question of Geo working on foreign agendas and called for the government to take serious notice of the issue.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 21^st, 2014.