Posts Tagged ‘Pakistani Media’

This is an alarming development. In his op-ed in Daily Jang on 11 March 2010, veteran journalist Nazir Naji has provided details of various threats which he has been receiving from Taliban and their affiliate jihadi and sectarian organisations recently and also in the past few years. They want to silence his voice. Nazir Naji is one of the very [...]

The creation of ignorance There can be no doubt that the past seven years, since private media channels went on air in late 2002, have created a kind of revolution in the country. Never before in the history of Pakistan have so many different opinions aired so openly on television channels. The majority are fiercely hostile to the [...]

Courtesy: Pakistan Media Watch This is the first post in a series on ‘Wishful Journalism’ – an unfortunate practice that seems to be taking place more than actual reporting in some parts of the media. There is a difference between wishing for something and reporting something. Unfortunately, this is too often lost on our journalists [...]

Being a strong supporter of freedom of the media I believe that every television channel and all the hosts have the right to say whatever they wish as long as it is within accepted societal norms of decency Every so often I decide to watch some of the Pakistani TV talk shows. After my most recent foray into the world of incessant shouting and [...]

In the last few days, we have witnessed an extraordinary media hype against President Zardari because of a childbirth in an auto-rickshaw in Quetta. Apparently it seems that a traffic mismanagement during President Zardari's visit to Quetta lead to this isolated incident. The right wing media has, however, used this opportunity for Zardari [...]

When PPP is ruling, the chants are like: In favor of PPP or by PPP 1- Democratic 2- We believe in reconciliation with all parties, Army, ISI & Judiciary 3- Anti establishment 4- Anti fundamentalist 5- Anti feudalistic 6- Long sacrificing history 7- Representing the basic roots from the public at large 8- Populous party from [...]

Star-gazing -- for what it is worth Islamabad diary Ayaz Amir As I have had occasion to mention before, Islamabad since its birth has been a city dedicated to nothing so much as intrigue and conspiracy. It has always been a dead city. But without the grist to its mills provided by conspiracy it would be deader still. And March, no doubt [...]

The active emergence of a revamped PML-N supplemented by an alarmist new electronic media can be detected as a more vocal arrival of the New Right in Pakistan. The rightward march By Nadeem F. Paracha Saturday, 27 Feb, 2010 It was called the ‘New Left.’ Emerging in Britain in the 1950s, the New Left was the left’s disparaging [...]

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 civil supremacy over the security organs for peace, stability and development PPP, the largest national party that [...]

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 will stay aloof from the political process and will be represented in no political party. But it will [...]

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 دیتے۔ [...]

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 publishing, news and views getting blogged up have an important role in [...]

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 voice of free media and it has contributed too much in this regard. Quiad e Awam Shaheed [...]

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 both gates of the house leaving the terrorized family locked inside. The windscreen [...]

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 that lead to former Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto's murder, was not allowed to interview the [...]

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 by (more...)

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 not highlighting civic and citizen’s issues, our media is perfect example of protocol journalism...media is not [...]

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, while members of the Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists (PTUJ) are busy in exaggerating [...]

Hamid Akhtar's op-ed on Kamal Azfar's statement in the Supreme Court of Pakistan: (more...)

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 in November 2007 when Gen Musharraf had promulgated notorious ‘emergency’ in the shape of sub-martial [...]

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 caution. The presidency team considered that the media had mislead the general public with disinformation on [...]

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 same lines: (more...)

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 in writing. On 26th March, 2001, you had published a one sided, incorrect and [...]

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 accountability of every one else. Yet no one has seriously demanded, nor does any one appear to be [...]

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 speech but any act of seeking, receiving and delivering information or ideas. Freedom of expression is [...]

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 days given the number of television channels vying for ratings and advertising revenues — also prompts organisations to stay one [...]

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.The show was planned for a large media group in Pakistan (Geo TV); the person's family was never adequately compensated, the [...]

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 مروجہ [...]

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 our television channels are probably the only political institution here noisier [...]

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 anti-Zardari campaign November 20, 2009 Lahore: Leaders of the [...]

By: Abdul Nishapuri The following code of conduct is proposed in view of certain segments of Pakistani media’s irresponsible behavior and projection of terrorists and militants as heroes in the eyes of fellow Pakistanis and the world. On certain occasions, it is so brazen that we (more...)

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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 hosts who claim to put issues before us. In many ways these shows, which have huge viewership, set the agenda for [...]

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 are more important than the so (more...)

"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 the poisonous brainwashing an entire generation has been subjected to during the Zia era. Already reeling from Bhutto’s [...]

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 (more...)

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 rigged him with bullets and beheaded his dead corpse. The Sufi did not comment, but the act was [...]

SAFMA secretary general Imtiaz Alam attacked * Assault followed by threatening phone call * Veteran journalist says will not stop speaking out against terrorBy Adnan LodhiLAHORE: Unidentified men attacked senior journalist Imtiaz Alam late on Wednesday.Imtiaz Alam, who (more...)

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 style of "Islam" and their brutalities. Shame on Irfan Siddiqi, Ansar Abbasi, Shahid [...]

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, 2000This article has been submitted for publication to all major newspapers in PakistanEvery one in the present morally, intellectually [...]