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Deputy director of ARY One World Television that has just been shut down by General Musharraf. He is also the head of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and will be honored by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists Tuesday.
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Crackdown on the Press: General Musharraf Shuts Down Two of Pakistan’s Biggest Private Television News Channels
Mazhar Abbas, the deputy director of one of the stations, ARY One World television, joins us in New York. He is also the secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. He has been a well-known champion of press freedom over the past 27 years. [includes rush transcript]November 19, 2007 | Story
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