Presidential spokesman Faratullah Babar denied that the Geo TV channel, which has been critical of President Asif Zardari and the government crackdown, had been ordered off the air Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

Salem also thinks that the recent improvement of relations between the United States and regional powers, as well as relations among those regional powers, should impact positively on Iraq's geo-political situation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26