Pakistan briefly blocked two independent news channels Saturday, asthey covered the standoff between militants and soldiers at armyheadquarters in Islamabad

The Geo and SAMA channels, were taken off the air for a short period of time.

Thestations showed a message from Pakistan's media regulatory body sayingit is temporarily suspending transmission of "independent news TVchannels" until further notice.

Both stations have been critical of the government in the past.


Some information for this report was provided by AP.