ISLAMABAD , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Less than a day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency and scolded the country 's media for being too `` negative , '' police stormed the offices of a television station early Sunday , AAJ-TV 's director of news and current affairs said . Pakistani policemen patrol the streets of Islamabad , Pakistan , Saturday . Armed with guns , the two dozen police said they had orders to take the station 's equipment , including a van that the station uses to broadcast live coverage , Talat Hussain said . `` We resisted , '' Hussain said . `` We said show us the papers . '' The police did n't have proof their demands were legitimate , he said , adding the officers said only that they had orders `` from the highest authority . '' `` They said , 'We 'll do it the nice way or the other way , ' `` Hussain said . A brief scuffle between the policemen and about 40 journalists in the station followed , but no one was hurt , he said . During the confrontation , two AAJ journalists were able to drive the news van away from the station , Hussain said . Police later left the building , but remained outside , Hussain said . The raid followed a government directive to the media , warning journalists that any criticism of the president or prime minister would be punishable by three years in jail and a fine of up to $ 70,000 , Hussain said . Earlier , in a Saturday night televised address to the Pakistani public aimed at explaining why he had declared a countrywide state of emergency and suspended the constitution , Musharraf was critical of the country 's media , saying they had `` added insult to injury . '' `` The media could not lend a helping hand to improve the situation , '' Musharraf said , describing `` the situation '' in Pakistan as fraught with tension and constrained by the spread of terrorism . `` I said frequently that the media should not be negative , '' Musharraf said . Shortly after private networks reported Saturday that Musharraf 's declaration of a state of emergency was imminent , most media channels went off the air in an apparent blackout , although some flickered off and on . E-mail to a friend .
Police say they had orders `` from the highest authority '' to take equipment . News director : Police said `` We 'll do it the nice way or the other way '' Government warns of jail , fines if president or prime minister are criticized . Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf : Media have `` added insult to injury ''