On Safdar Abbasi’s participation in Geo TV’s Capital Talk – by Abdul Nishapuri: Related article: An open letter to Senator Dr Safdar Abbasi This is with reference to Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk (Geo TV) on 25 October 2010: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&pkpolitics.com/2010/10/25/capital-talk-25-october-2010 There are two obvious flaws in Hamid Mir’s logic: 1. The PPP (or
An open letter to Senator Dr Safdar Abbasi: Related article: On Safdar Abbasi’s participation in Geo TV’s Capital Talk – by Abdul Nishapuri Dear Dr Safdar Abbasi, From the very outset I as a critical supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party acknowledge your services to the party.
Pakistan’s media piling on president – Washington Post: It seems that the Western Media is coming to see through what Pakistani media is doing. Having repeatedly picked up stories on an as is basis, Washington Post has questioned the recent frenzy created by the media. They have
Demand for polygraph: In June earlier this year, I came across a news item which was very funny: A Barrister Iqbal Jafri had demanded a polygraph test of Nawaz Sharif. We covered the point and had it posted on LUBP. Surprisingly, the
Treason: Let us apply Article 6 on CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry: Sacked Pakistan judges fear repeat performance: Jokers in the Supreme Court of Pakistan Apparently, it was disinformation spread by Geo TV and made judges fool. They overreacted on rumours and got trapped in the Geo TV’s game to improve
Reliable sources – by Gulmina Bilal Ahmad: It has been revealed through reliable sources that for the past five years the moon has come out in the day and the sun at night. In other words, for the past five years what we have been seeing
Geo’s Reporting Standards – by Sindhyar Talpur: Found something that I thought would interest LUBP readers. Geo proudly put this news with a picture on their website. The picture, doubtless reproduced without permission from owners, talk about Intellectual property infringement, a different type of theft
PPP announces complete boycott of Geo TV – Finally!: The PPP has till now been trying its level best to be defensive against all the media tirade against its leadership and government. Usually the tirade starts from Geo TV, goes on to Jang and The News and
Excerpts from President Zardari’s interview with Herald: In the Dawn of October 7, 2010, excerpts from President Zardari’s interview to the Herald have been published. The October edition of Herald hit newsstands yesterday. What the President has said is something we as critical supporters of the
What really happened at Nasdaq? By Shibil Siddiqi: A news story doing round on Geo TV is of a “Missed Opportunity” by Pakistan’s Consul General in New York to present the case of Pakistan at the Nasdaq. Sami Ibrahim of Geo TV can be heard saying, while
General Parvez Mushraf’s live telethon: media campaign for dictator: The prime-time General Parvez Musharaf live telethon, broadcast by private television channel[Duniya News]on September 12, was an unprecedented media attack on the democratic space. In Pakistani context the questions of responsibility and pro-democratic views are very important and critical,
Another Martial Law? – by Omar Ali: Pakistan is in the grip of one of its periodic eruptions of speculation about impending martial law, or at least, it looks like that on TV. For weeks, the largest news channel in the country has been shamelessly promoting
Media Conspirators Campaign Against Zardari Backfires: Source: new Pakistan The fact of a media conspiracy against Zardari has been discussed for some time as onlookers scratch their heads in wonder at much of the seemingly outrageous anti-Zardari rhetoric that is published. But have the conspirators
Bullying of media- by Ali Waqas: Yesterday was the most shameful day for Pakistan but it wasn’t less than a treat for people who still believe a “Zia” will appear out of thin air as Mehdi or something. Although there is no video evidence of
Sensationalism at its worst – Geo & ARY Zindabad: As soon as I reached home, I heard my brother say, “President Zardari ko joota mara gaya!”. Turning on Geo TV, and waiting for the 11 pm news bulletin, I was surprised to see the reporting. Murtaza Ali Shah,
The News stoops even lower – by Eqbal Alavi: The News is no alien to yellow journalism. The whole Jang Group has an immense history of publishing concoted stories based on the unknown sources of investigative journalist in-charge Ansar Abbasi, the imaginations of Saleh Zafar and the conspiracies