Cable operators to ban International news channels

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Cable operators to ban International news channels

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Pakistani cable television operators announced to ban Western news channels in protest of NATO raid.

29 November,2011 08:59 pm

Pakistani cable television operators on Tuesday announced to block Western news channels as fury spread over a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.“We want to send them a strong message to stop this. If they don’t stop this, then it is our right to stop them,” Khalid Arain, president of the All Pakistan Cable Operators Association said in a live press conference. The BBC was the focus of criticism.