Ok, this is cool. First you order your police to break into the office of a news channel, make them pay for the breach of ’self defined’ conduct and then you apologize. The Oscars definitely goes to Mr. Musharraf

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Several dozen policemen carrying batons and shields entered Geo TV and allegedly lobbed teargas shells inside the newsroom. They damaged computers, equipment and cut the channel’s Internet connection and broke windowpanes, said Geo TV journalists.

The true face of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s government being revealed as Islamabad’s police went on the rampage.

After the devastating incident, Musharraf personally apologised for the raid by riot police on the Geo channel.

“I regret the attack on Geo TV by the police. I condemn it. I would like to assure the nation that one of the main strength of my reform efforts is freedom of the press and media is my mandate. Protecting human rights is also my mandate. I condemn any violation of these freedoms,� Musharraf said.[CNN IBN]