By Marissa Wells
CNN reports that Aaj TV, a Pakistani cable and satellite television channel, has been allowed to return after being shut down for "upsetting the president" on Friday. Aaj TV had allowed two journalists — Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minaz, who had been banned by the government earlier this month — to appear on the network. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's spokesperson claims that he was unaware of the incident and would look into it, but the channel's executive director says that the government had warned him against allowing the two banned journalists on the air.
Nusrat Javed was banned earlier this month for criticizing President Pervez Musharraf. The reason behind Mushtaq Minaz's ban is unknown.
Photograph by Shiho Fukada (c) 2006 Associated Press
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