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In occupied Kashmir, the authorities have banned the beaming of Pakistani channels in North Kashmir. The authorities have directed the cable operators in Baramulla and Sopore to block five Pakistani news channels and a religious channel with immediate effect. We were asked by the Baramulla district Magistrate on Friday evening to stop beaming of PTV, Geo TV, ARY News, Dawn News and Express 24/7. They also directed us to block the Pakistani religious channel, Noor TV, Bobby Singh who runs the cable operation in north Kashmir told mediamen. He said that all these channels were being beamed by the local cable operators to thousands of their subscribers.
