Musharraf tightens controls on media

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_media_crackdown;_ylt=AmSSnlfY3IITjvaq_G5eh5dvaA8F

"President Gen. Pervez Musharraf tightened controls on Pakistan's media Monday, the latest move against dissent in a growing political crisis over his suspension of the chief justice...

Under an emergency ordinance that takes effective immediately, Musharraf made a raft of amendments to regulations governing the electronic media, including private television channels that the general has accused of anti-government bias...

Musharraf had fostered unprecedented media freedom since he seized power in a 1999 coup. However, he has grown exasperated with extensive coverage of the crisis triggered by his March 9 ouster of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. The turnaround has been accompanied by a spate of threats and beatings against prominent journalists for which authorities have denied responsibility."