Pakistani Media Archive
Iftikhar Chaudhry’s appointment was void ab initio – by Yousuf Nazar: SOURCE: Forget about the fact that Mr. Zaradri is , like it or nor, the President and is bound by the advice of only the Prime Minister and no one else, although he should consult regarding the appointment of
A media academy for the PPP — by Elf Habib: The objective at the academy should be to groom a team with the cutting edge expertise to expose the extent and inanity of the propaganda against the party leaders and their policies and emphasise the need and effectiveness of
The (misdirected) yearning for Zardari’s removal from office – by Ayaz Amir: The (misdirected) yearning for change Ayaz Amir The Pakistani non-voting middle class represents a strange phenomenon, a category waiting to be defined in some seminal work on the social sciences. This class will not be bothered to vote. It
Reconciliation Is No Silver Bullet – by Anas Muhammad: Two years ago – February 2008 – Pakistan began its transformation to democracy with a general election that brought Benazir Bhutto’s PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) into power. The party decided to continue its policy, introduced by its slain leader
Kharijiites, martyrs and the Pakistani media – by Ahsan Abbas: کیا خارجیوں کے ساتھ میڈیا ثالثی کردار ادا کر رہا ہے یا شہیدوں کے ساتھ سازشی ؟ سال ٢٠١٠کا دوسرا مہینہ شروع ہوگیا، گُذشتہ برسوں کی نسبت آگ و خون کا کھیل ختم ہونے کی کوئی آثار سُجھائی نہیں
Pakistani media leading to chaos or consensus? – by Junaid Qaiser: Today, democracy and liberal development are interdependent with recognition by media. In an informed democracy, public reasoning based opinion is a vital aide for transparent governance. It is an age of advancement in communication technology where internet, push button
PPP’s commitment and contribution to free press – by Junaid Qaiser: Democracy and free media are co-related; democracy is impossible without a free (unbiased) media, and free media is impossible without democracy. Democracy and free media reinforce each other. Huge credit goes to Pakistan Peoples Party, which is the biggest
House of DawnNews correspondent attacked by ISI sleuths: The Islamabad police has registered a case against unknown persons and are investigating the incident. –File Photo ISLAMABAD: In the wee hours of Tuesday, January 19, unknown persons attacked the house of Dawnnews investigative reporter Azaz Syed. They locked
Benazir Bhutto Case: Access Denied is Justice Denied – by Anas Muhammad: This year began with a blow to the UN investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s murder, as the commission was denied access to the top brass military and intelligence officials. The three member commission, which was investigating the facts and circumstances
A citizen’s perspective on TV anchors in Pakistan – by Naseer Ahmed: Naseer Ahmed offers a critical perspective on TV anchors in Pakistan, suggesting that journalists, including TV anchors, cannot indefinitely escape from accountability. The day will soon come when many of them will be held accountable for their yellow journalism
Citizen Media Dialogue – by Junaid Qaiser: Citizen Media Dialogue: Media urged to play role in resolving masses problems by Junaid Qaiser Media is the eyes and ears of a sovereign country and needs to be further empowerment in the interests of the citizens. Media is
Taliban target Peshawar Press Club. Time to do some investigative journalism, Ansar Abbasi.: Pakistani security personnel collect evidence from the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Peshawar. – AFP While Friends of Taliban, such as Ansar Abbasi, Shaheen Sehbai, Dr Shahid Masood, are busy in derailing the democratic government in Pakistan,
Playing the Corruption Card – by Anas Muhammad: By Anas Muhammad On 12 October 1999, General Prevez Musharraf ouster the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in a non violent military coup. The reason given by Musharraf was the rampant corruption under Nawaz Sharifs regime. Although the
GHQ, CIA and Pakistani Media: Hamid Akhtar’s op-ed on Kamal Azfar’s statement in the Supreme Court of Pakistan:
Geo Banned-II – Guest post by Aal e Hashmat: Geo Television had started its broadcasts on 14th August 2002 on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence Day, continued to run smoothly but, along with other such Channels like ARY Oneworld and Aaj, had first time suffered with drastic shock
GEO Banned-I – Guest post by Aal e Hashmat: In the last week of November 2009, the transmissions of GEO concerning ‘Merey Mutabiq’ of Dr Shahid Masood were banned allegedly on the pretext that propaganda against the presidency was being sent on air without due scrutiny, care and
Local Goebbels, Foreign Masters, and the Balkanisation of Pakistan: A thought provoking op-ed by Asadullah Ghalib in which he exposes the real plans of the anti-democracy campaign by certain agents in Pakistani media and their foreign masters. This is followed by an op-ed by Mehmood Sham along the
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s letter to Shaheen Sehbai: To: Shaheen Sehbai, Editor, The News From: MSR, Editor-in-Chief Re: Violation of policy I am constrained to bring to your notice several, and repeated, violation of editorial policies clearly understood between us. Infact, these policies have also been agreed
Is Pakistani media beyond accountability? – by Shaheen Sehbai: Who will Bell the Bad, Fat Cats? Shaheen Sehbai Every one in the present morally, intellectually and financially depleted Pakistan — the print media and its well-entrenched “gurus” among the foremost — is shouting from the roof top for
Halal Media or Free Media – Guest post by Ahmad Nadeem Gehla: Over the last weeks, television screens have broadcasted the growing and angry media sentiment against government over ban on a talk show of a private TV channel by Dubai authorities. Freedom of expression denotes not only freedom of verbal
Raising awareness within the media: business without ethics?: Dawn’s Editorial: Media coverage IT is the electronic media’s job to report on events as they unfold and relay news to viewers as quickly as possible. A spirit of competition — and there is a lot of it these
Geo TV, reality show and the death of a young Pakistani man: Saad Khan, a young Pakistani man took part in a reality show sponsored by a multinational company earlier this summer; he was flown to Thailand for filming what he must have thought would be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Please lift the ban (if any) on Meray Mutabiq – guest post by Qais Anwar: زرداری صاحب میرے مطابق کو چلنے دیں مسلمان حکمرانوں (براہ کرم اسے اسلامی کے ساتھ نہ ملاءیں)کے عروج کا ایک مظہر چکلہ تھا۔ شہروں سے باہر خاص و عام کے لیے قابل رساءی یہ جگہ یہ وہ تھی جہاں
PPP is losing popularity: Myths of the Electronic Media – by Imran Kureshi: The ruling party’s sweeping victory in Gilgit should be an eye-opener to our ‘holier than the electorate’ media-men. They should realise that no party or leader is losing or gaining significant popularity despite their best efforts Political programmes on
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman: The most reliable tool of Pakistani establishment: Pakistan’s second richest man: Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman The notorious blackmailer, anarchist and the owner of the Jang/Geo Group of Pakistan تو جو مخلص اگر ہے تو یہ کام کر کارخانے کو مزدور کے نام کر Geo TV involved in running
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
An agenda for news: Thursday, October 01, 2009 Kamila Hyat The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor The question of what makes news is one that is becoming increasingly relevant. Every day, we are assaulted by TV talk shows and
Why did Pakistani media censor a reality TV death in Thailand?: Here is a report by BBC Urdu.com revealing a ‘capitalist’ censorshp self-imposed by media in Pakistan regarding the death of a Pakistani in a reality TV show in Thailand. Obviously, commerical interests associated with Unilever and other multinational companies
The Zia-ist mindset, Pakistani media and the support of the right wing – by Irfan Husain: “My personal theory is that their lack of a grounding in politics, economics and current affairs is a direct result of the poor education they have received. Without wishing to be lofty or patronising, I can safely point to
How honest and objective is Pakistan’s media? A small comparison of Daily The News and The New York Times: Long March and the role of Pakistan Army. Same story (Long March), same source (General Karamat’s article). Look at the twist in the version offered by
Taliban killed Musa Khankhel. Will Sufi Muhammad provide Shar’i justice to Musa Khankhel’s family?: Omens against peace in Swat… As if in response to the Tehreek-e Nifaz-e Shariat-e Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Muhammad’s “peace march” from Mingora to Matta in Swat, a gang of Taliban kidnapped journalist Musa Khankhel on Wednesday and then
Journalist Imtiaz Alam attacked in Lahore: The price of writing/speaking against Taliban and their sympathizers….: SAFMA secretary general Imtiaz Alam attacked * Assault followed by threatening phone call * Veteran journalist says will not stop speaking out against terror By Adnan Lodhi LAHORE: Unidentified men attacked senior journalist Imtiaz Alam late on Wednesday. Imtiaz
Anti-Taliban journalists of Pakistani media are true Pakistanis and true Muslims – by Rahim Anjan: Well done, Abbas Ather, Asadullah Ghalib, Tanvir Qaiser Shahid, Sohail Qalandar, Ayaz Khan, Latif Chaudhry, The Express Team and also Mr. Rahim Anjaan. The entire Pakistani nation is proud of you because of your unconditional condemnation of the Taliban
Pakistan’s so-called free press – by Shaheen Sehbai: Pakistan’s so-called free press has become a beggar’s market where cheap and shoddy journalism is sold to the highest bidder…. writes Shaheen Sehbai. Who will Bell the Bad, Fat Cats? Shaheen Sehbai January 5, 2000 This article has been
Provide security to Ansar Abbasi: Although we disagree with the biased and pro-Taliban reporting of Mr. Ansar Abbasi, having come to know that Mr. Abbasi has received threats by some vested interests, we support Mr. Shaheen Sahbai’s following appeal to the Government of Pakistan
The creation of Bangladesh and the role of Pakistani media: On December 16, 1971 the Pakistan army in Bangladesh unconditionally surrendered to the joint Indian and Bangladeshi forces. With the signing of the Instrument of Surrender, Bangladesh came into being and united Pakistan was at an end. However, in
The media and Mumbai – By Dr Tariq Rahman: THE Mumbai attacks have seen the media, especially the electronic media, in both countries conduct itself in an irresponsible fashion.Hours after the attack began, the Indian media started showing Bollywood-style films about the perpetrators of the carnage allegedly in
A tribute to Nusrat Javed, the courageous anchorperson of Aaj TV’s Bolta Pakistan; What do ordinary Pakistanis think about Nusrat Javed?: On 12 December 2008, I saw Nusrat Javed at his best. Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas discussed isssues related to the Mumbai attacks. While Mushtaq Minah represents the populist, pro-Jihadi, pro-Taliban voice in
Zardari, lawyers and journos: Who is the real hypocrite? – by Ahmad Quraishi: Have you noticed how a small group of self-righteous lawyers and journalists are turning Asif Zardari and Rehman Malik into villains now? This group of lawyers and journos are bent on spoon feeding the Pakistanis how to tell right