TV channel comes under increasing pressure

Pakistan's major television station said it was ramping up security on Tuesday after it became the object of dozens of blasphemy accusations for playing a song during an interview with an actress. Geo Television is scrubbing logos off its vans and limiting staff movements after receiving scores of threats over allegedly blasphemous content, said channel president Imran Aslam.
"This is a well-orchestrated campaign," he told Reuters. "This could lead to mob violence." The accusations pit this private television channel against increasingly vocal religious conservatives, just as the station was emerging from a bruising battle with the country's spy agency. Scores of people accused of blasphemy have been lynched by mobs and Aslam said despite broadcasting apologies, the station had received threats to kill journalists and their families.