A Pakistani court has ordered the federal and provincial governments to restore the transmission of four TV channels which claimed that their programmes have been blocked after the news channels' reports angered supporters of the Pakistani President. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif has sought replies from the federal Information Minister and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority chairman by August 19. He gave the ruling in response to a petition which contended that the government blocked the transmissions of the leading channels to divert the country's attention from its failure to protect the life and property of people affected by the devastating floods in the country.Meanwhile, the US State Department spokesman P J Crowley said it would be a mistake by the civilian government of Pakistan to follow the footsteps of the previous Musharraf regime to intimidate the press in the country. The channels had reported that a 60-year-old man had flung two shoes at Zardari while he was addressing a PPP convention in Birmingham though they fell far from him.