ALTAF HUSSAIN APPEALS TO PRESIDENT AND CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER TO SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDER TO ALLOW THE TV CHANNELS TO RESTART THEIR BROADCAST THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND TALKS

London – 19^th November 2007.....MQM Founder & Leader Mr Altaf Hussain has sympathetically appealed to the President General Pervez Musharraf and Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammad Mian Soomro that as the election schedule is being announce on 20^th November and general elections are to be held on 8^th January as announced by the Election Commission, therefore, by once again demonstrating magnanimity as shown before repeatedly by them, they should sympathetically consider to allow Geo and ARY TV to restart their broadcast through negotiations and talks. This will assist in providing an opportunity for everyone to participate, directly or indirectly, in debates, discussions and analysis and on the other hand this will increase the goodwill of the Government. Mr Hussain sincerely hoped that President Pervez Musharraf and Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammad Mian Soomro will pay due consideration to his appeal. He also appealed to all the owners and anchor person the television channels to demonstrate impartiality, neutrality and fairness in their analysis and discussions and due care must be paid to observe the principles of journalism so as alongside democracy, the journalism and can also flourish on positive and healthy grounds.