Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, wants BBC World News back on cable television. During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Raza told the BBC that he was “absolutely in favour of giving more freedom” to the media.”We definitely… want the BBC to be operating in Pakistan,” he added. Cable operators have been blocking BBC World News from transmission across Pakistan since November, when it broadcast a documentary called Secret Pakistan, which accuses the country’s government of turning a blind eye to the ‘war on terror’. The All Pakistan Cable Operators Association have also threatened to bar any other foreign news channel airing what is deemed “anti-Pakistan” content. A spokesman for the BBC at the time said: “We are deeply concerned that BBC World News has been taken off-air by the Cable Association of Pakistan. “We condemn any action that threatens our editorial independence and prevents audiences from accessing our impartial international news service. We would urge that BBC World News and other international news services are reinstated as soon as possible.”