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Pakistan relaxes TV ban to delight of sports fans ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (AFP) - Sports fans and news junkies breathed a sigh of relief Friday after Pakistan said cable operators could recommence transmissions of five Star TV channels banned in the wake of escalating tensions with India. The Pakistan Telecommunciation Authority (PTA) said ESPN, Star Sports, Fox News, Sky News and the National Geographic Channel would return to screens from Saturday. Sports fans in this cricket-mad country have been tearing their hair out in frustration at not being able to watch live broadcasts from Sydney of the ongoing third Test match between Australia and South Africa. The government had banned all Indian satellite channels relayed by local cable operators in Pakistan on December 29 in an attempt to limit access to Indian-produced news programs, which it said were biased. However, the ban on Star Gold, Sony, B4U and the Zee network of channels among others would remain in place, the PTA said in a statement. Tensions between the two South Asian nuclear rivals have escalated in recent weeks since the December 13 attack on India's parliament building in New Delhi. India has blamed the attack on two Pakistan-based Islamic militant groups who are battling New Delhi's rule in Indian-administered Kashmir. Both countries have moved tens of thousands of troops to their border in recent weeks and traded tit-for-tat diplomatic sanctions. |
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