The ugly handiwork of Shireen Mazari, the media Baji of the Taliban: Editors criticise newspaper article against WSJ reporter By Iftikhar A. Khan Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Top executives and editors of 21 leading international media organisations have collectively voiced concern over publication of an article in a Pakistani national
The ‘It-is-not-us’ syndrome – By Hajrah Mumtaz: A couple of months ago, I wrote a column in praise of certain Pakistani pop stars and bands, arguing that there are a fair number of songs that display political consciousness and a related sense of responsibility. I referred
French submarine deal and President Zardari: By Abdul Nishapuri Thanks to the right-wing media’s persistence in character assassination of Bhuttos and now President Zardari, it’s a scandal and a label that refuses to go away. Allegations of kickbacks on government deals have been ‘rediscovered’ and
Tragedy of the talk shows in Pakistan: Tragedy of the talk shows —Elf Habib The shows obsessively promote the political circus splashing the spicier rhetoric and sensation. Their anchors, contrary to the common norms of calmness, insouciance and neutrality are often quite agitated, flippant and biased
Shahid Masoods and Hamid Mirs of Israel: شاہد مسعود اور حامد مير جيسے اسرائل ميں پھی موجود ہيں؟ ’سازشی نظریات‘ شاہزیب جیلانی بی بی سی، یروشلم اسرائیل میں کچھ دن گزارنے کے بعد یہاں کی اور کوئی بات سمجھ آئی ہو نہ ہو ایک بات واضع
Zardari Unpopular Even Amongst PPP Voters?: According to the agents of pro-Taliban and anti-democracy forces, President Asif Ali Zardari is unpopular even amongst PPP supporters. Some elements have suggested that if Zardari is
Anchor-istan: Media jihadis and their vision of Pakistan: Guest post by: Bahadar Ali Khan After watching Pakistani media’s talk shows, the assertions made by learned anchor-persons of these talk shows and reading the Urdu columnists I have visualized a future scenario of good governance for Pakistan. Under
We won’t let you bury NRO; you can bury democracy instead.: Here is a selection of three op-eds on this topic: Abbas Ather notes that the right-wing (pro-Taliban) anchors and propagandists don’t want to bury NRO; instead they wan’t to bury democracy in Pakistan. Munno Bhai wonders if the abusers
Major Malik Nadal Hasan of Pakistani Media: + = = Dr Shahid Masood is a frustrated individual who can do anything beside spreading despondency amongst the Pakistani youth and inject his morbid thoughts. (Socrates) In the words of Mir Jamilur Rahman (The News, 10 Nov 2009),
Zardari phobia and hostile col-anchors: = For years at least some of our anchors have claimed that the Mehsud militants are backed by foreign enemies of Pakistan. But neither the war in Waziristan nor the terrorist attacks in Rawalpindi have received the kind of
Zardari, Bilawal buy 300 acres of`Islamabad land for peanuts: Consistent with their “plus Taliban” agenda in the guise of “minus Zardari” campaign, notorious pro-Taliban journalists (propagandists) Ansar Abbasi and Mohammad Ahmed Noorani (a convicted sectarian worker in his past) forged the following
Pakistani media: Freedom without responsibility?: In a country which has suffered successive dictatorships characterised by ridiculous controls on expression, no one can really contend against the argument for a free media. Neither can anyone condone excessive regulation or control of media. But this is
Pakistani media, Nawz Sharif and Mrs Wasim Akram’s funeral: Statement by Nawaz Sharif on NRO, followed by an analysis by Ayaz Khan. NRO to be opposed at all forums, says NawazBy Our Staff Reporter (Dawn)Saturday, 31 Oct, 2009 LAHORE: The PML-N will oppose the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)
Pakistani media’s somersaults on air – By Nadeem Paracha: Somersaults on air Posted by Nadeem F. Paracha (Dawn Blog) Talking to DawnNews, veteran journalist Agha Murtaza Poya called America, India, and Israel an ‘axis of evil out to destroy Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.’ There is absolutely nothing new
A perspective on anti-Americanism found in Pakistan today: Smokers’ Corner: Bogey nation Nadeem F. ParachaSunday, 25 Oct, 2009 (Dawn Blog) Anti-Americanism today is an obligatory part of populist rhetoric.— Photo from File Recently the monthly Herald published the results of an elaborate survey that it undertook to
Defending the NRO – An extensive analysis by Abbas Ather: While many constitutional and legal experts as well as politicians of the PPP government have either shied away from or miserably failed in defending the rationale and necessity of the National Reconciliation Ordinance between Benazir Bhutto shaheed and General
Code of conduct for Pakistani media: Don’t glorify terrorism: By: Abdul Nishapuri The following code of conduct is proposed in view of irresponsible behavior and projection of terrorists as heroes and propagation of hate speech and incitement to violence in certain segments of Pakistani media. Many of us
Kerry-Lugar Bill: what’s the hype and hysteria about?: Hype and hysteria over nothing By Irfan HusainSaturday, 10 Oct, 2009 Surely the Pakistani opponents of the Kerry-Lugar bill are not pretending that we are innocent on all counts? Or has the state of denial penetrated so deeply into
Blackwater ki talash: Riding on the wave of anti-Americanism, while disguising their love for Taliban and Al Qaeda, agents of Taliban in Pakistani media and politics (commonly known as Friends of Taliban) have been consistently spreading rumours about the presence of Blackwater
The reality of IRI and other opinion surveys: Vested interests in Pakistani and international politics often publish results of various polls and surveys on political issues and opinions. More often than not, instead of representing genuine pubic opinion, such surveys are designed and their results manipulated in
Pakistan army showing the true way to treat Taliban: Give the devil its due! It seems that the jihadi and sectarian killers, suicide bombers, human butcherers namely Taliban (or Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Taiba or Lashkar-e-Jhangavi or Jaish-e-Muahammad, and so on) are receiving justice Taliban style from Pakistan
Some thoughts on Dr Doom and Gloom (Dr Shahid Masood): Reflections on the media —Munir Attaullah For optimum results, we need to make rational assessments in the present, not ruefully lament much later having been misled by attractive slogans, hypothetical promises, and alluring equivocation And be these juggling fiends
More evidence of the Nawaz Sharif – Al Qaeda alliance: Pakistan’s Sharif blamed over Bin Laden links Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:50:59 GMT Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leads the second-largest political party in the nuclear-armed country. A former Pakistani intelligence officer alleges that PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif had