Priority Should be PAKISTAN, Not Politics
Article Selected from : New-Pakistan Blog
Posted by: Jarri Mirza
There is a renewed spirit sweeping through our country, one that is optimistic and ready to work hard towards a stable and prosperous Pakistan. Sadly, the fact remains there are still some Pakistanis who are too busy playing ugly politics and employing cheap tactics to get ahead. We must not allow them to so easily sidetrack the nation.
Instead of focusing on the plethora of present issues and future programs for Pakistanis, these individuals are stuck in the past, choosing to regurgitate old and unproven allegations against President Zardari.
It is vital that we look back at the time when all these allegations were brought to court. The glaring facts are that the politically motivated nature of these allegations was brought to light via tapes of conversations…between the prosecutors and the trial judge in 2001! That was an appalling truth, and the common man was able to recognize fraudulent behavior and absurdity when he saw it! It should also be noted a higher court forced those corrupt judges to resign.
Those matters should stay in the past, where they have undergone a thorough investigation handled by a competent court system. It is a disgrace to imply Pakistani courts erred in their decision, and it is essentially wrong to spew such lies with acidic vitriol that we are seeing today.
In a June 2005 article for “The Nation,” Maj Gen. Ahsan Ahmed expressed sadness that this was still a relevant issue. He wrote, “The media trial of politicians in general and of Benazir Bhutto and her spouse in particular has been carried out so vociferously that at least part of the population in the country and abroad started believing it without knowing facts about these politically motivated and thoroughly fabricated cases… They might have succeeded in distorting the perceptions of a few in the country or abroad but what they are doing is opposite to the teachings of the Holy Quran and sayings of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). That’s why truth is prevailing at the cost of falsely created perceptions & will go on to prevail finally. Insha Allah!
How sad that this is in today’s media at all…but I repeat his call for the truth.
I trust the Pakistanis will focus on real concerns, and not nonsensical non-issues.
i give some examples of yellow journalism.
roznama jang publishes almost ten articles daily on its editorial pages.eight articles are often against president zardari.zardari is being painted devil but nobody ever presents
convincing evidence.zardari is greatly disliked by his enemies.these people manged to hang bhutto, kill benezir , accumulate wealth and violate constitution.they kept him in jails, they tortured him and they malighned him through their newspapers.why could they not prove a singlecase against him when they had power on him?the question answers itself that had no evidence at all.
these colomunists have got strong hatred of ppp, pakistani people, democracy, anp and every good thing about pakistan.people like hamid mir justify murders of taliban.because they still live in jamat e islami and zia ul haq fantasy world of destruction.hamid mir constantly writes against liberal fascist.that fool does not know that the term is as meaningless as chaste prostitute.but ignorance is a salient feature of the hatred which hamid mir attempts to justify.these taliban and their backers have been rejected by people of waziristan, pakhtunkhah, sindh, punjab, bluchistan but roznama jang provides these hate mongers enough space to mourn the death of their favourite monsters.no major newspaper anywherelse would sing the hymns of terrorist muderers but our unfortunate
land.people all over the world are with the victims of carnage not with its perpetrators but
roznama jang and its clomunist hamid mir, irfan siddiquee have got this audacity.perhaps
they are just serving their financial interests.
and if you go to the talkshows.the composition of the talk shows is biased beyond imagination.host and two guests hunt in a pack a guest who does not buy their arguments.
asma shirazi, kashif and danish work this way.they assert, they scream but they never present any evidence.fauzia wahab in one programme took asma on when she said that
all of politician are corrupt. fauzia demanded evidence natureally but asma went to polemics.musharref’s nieces marvi and kashmala try their best to support these hosts.
it is very disgusting to listen to all this claptrap but liberal people have not got a single
tv channel or a newspaper.yet, hamid mir is talking about liberal fascism.one good thing ppp leaders and spokespersons are getting a bit assertive.this is a good strategy.tyrants
do not understand polite whispers.they only respond to their own medicine.
i think firdos ashiq awan would be a better defender than many media fearing ppp politicians like samsam bhukhari.he was giving that fox trained journalist kashif abbasi the certificates of impartiality.
I think PPP need some fresh blood to give rough ride to these thugs. I wonder why PPP is still relying on these old horses in this media. No doubts, it is the biggest party in Pakistan, and has countless young, educated and energetic supporters. President Zardari should think about setting up a media cell recruiting all these young supporters.
@Bukhari – InshAllah PPP will have a MEDIA TEAM of Young Generation soon when Chairman Bilawal Bhutto will arrive Pakistan hopefully next year .. So the party will be strengthened and the youth of PPP will show these traitors who are working as Anchors and Journalists in Pakistani Media that they will not do anything to PPP Leadership .. InshALLAH our party will take step on this issue .. Thanks .. JEAY BHUTTOISM .. PAKISTAN KHAPPAY !!
READ YOUR COLUMN MESMIRISING DIPLOMACY IN ROZNAMA EXPRESS.I ALSO SAW YOUR INTERVIEW WITH HILARY CLINTON.YOU ANCHORS WERE A DISMAL FAILURE, ESPECIALLY, TALAT HUSSAIN.HE ASKED HER QUESTIONS IN A VERY CYNICAL WAY BUT HE COULD NOT BACK HIS CLAIMS REGARDING AMERICAN BASES IN CENTRAL ASIA.IT IS VERY EASY TO BE SENTIMENTAL AND SENSATIONAL WHEREAS COMING WITH SOLID EVIDENCE IS A HARD THING TO DO.SENSATIONALISM IS OFTEN A NICE REFUGE FOR INCOMPETENCE.HAMID MIR WAS ALSO AGGRESSIVE AND EMOTTIONAL BUT FAILED TO
CHALLENGE HER PERTINENT ANSWER. NASIM ZAHRA GAVE A LONG SPEECH WHICH CLINTON
DEFENDED WITH VERY ADROITLY BY POINTING OUT PAKISTAN’S STATED POSITION
FOR CURBING TERRORISM.AN WAR UL HAQ PRESENTED THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS
WHICH SHE LOVED TO ANSWER. I ADMIT, YOUR QUESTION WAS MEANINGFUL AND SHE DODGED IT BEAUTIFULLY.ASMA SHIRAZI SUDDENLY BECAME A NOBODY.
I HAVE BEEN QUITE SURPRISED THAT YOU HAVE USED YOUR COLUMN TO APPLAUD YOUR PERFORMANCE.THIS IS REALLY YELLOW JOURNALISM WHERE FAILURES ARE PRESENTED AS BIG SUCCESS.PERHAPS YOU LOT THOUGHT THAT TALKING AGRESSIVELY TO A U.S.A OFFICIAL WAS A SORT OF CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED A SIMPLE RULE OF JOURNALISTIC MORALITY THAT CLIAMS
MUST BE SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE.OTHERWISE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JOURNALIST AND A RANTING MULLAH.DO NOT GET TOO MUCH IMPRESSED OF TALAT, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT HE IS A BIG SNOB.HE JUST WANTS ATTENTION OF AMERICANS.IF THEY NOTICED HIM, HE WOULD BE SINGING HYMNS OF AMERICAN SYSTEM.ANYWAY, MOST OF YOU ARE EMOTIANALLY, IDEALOGICALLY AND FINANCIALLY ATTACHED TO ANTI- AMERICANISM. THIS KILLS IMPARTIALLITY.I HOPE YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE PAINFUL PROCESS OF SELF CRITICISM SOMEDAY.HILARY HAS OUTCLASSED YOU ALL ANCHORS, PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO OUTCLASS US BY SPIN DOCTORING.