Posts Tagged ‘The News’

In his incomparable poem, “Bachay ki dua” or a “Child’s supplication”, (Baang-e-Dara)  Iqbal presented in 12 lines what should be the mission of any child from his early life. We have read this poem all our lives and without doubt, it is one of the simplest, yet best, poem written by Iqbal. Ansar Abbasi, the apex investigative editor [...]

It is now increasingly recognized that most of Pakistanis journalists are either silent (or misrepresent due to several reasons) or lack adequate information about Shia genocide currently taking place in Pakistan at the hands of the Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (also known as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat). A recent article (Connivance at a [...]

Pakistan’s top fiction writer, Shaheen Sehbai, who should be writing novels than editing newspapers while sitting in Dubai is in deep shock for the last many months. having written many a script that has never taken off, he is now forced to write his reports and involve the name of President Asif Zardari for one reason or the other. The report [...]

We at LUBP condemn yet another targeted incitement of vigilante justice Jang Group's Ahmed Noorani, a notorious journalist belonging to Ansar Abbasi gang and links close to banned organizations like Hizb ut Tahrir and Sipah Sahaba Pakistan against the Human Rights Watch Pakistan's Director, Ali Dayan Hasan. In its "report" published in The News [...]

I was always weak in mathematics. Numbers were never my forte and hence, I remained a not so bright student. Work wise, I play with numbers and like analyzing them. I wonder, if I had a better grip on elementary maths, maybe, I would have been more strong academically. Pakistan's apex investigative journalist, Ansar Abbasi has leased the front [...]

Related posts: Who is Shakeel Anjum? Javid Naseer Rind, another Baloch journalist kidnapped and silenced by the Deep State In the last two days, Pakistan's liberal elites and rights activists on social media (Twitter in particular) were seen extremely worried about the daughter of an ex-army soldier Shamsul Anwar, a resident of [...]

Related posts: HRW is concerned about the fear of judicial over-reach in Pakistan: Interview with Ali Dayan Hasan AHRC appeal: DG ISI Gen Shuja Pasha must be prosecuted for hatching conspiracy against democracy Critical readers of Pakistan's politics are aware that it is not only Pakistani generals but also their loyalists in judiciary and [...]

Firstly, we would like to commend the Pakistan Peoples Party led government for realizing the importance of alternative forms of media on internet. The new web based social media is a new emerging domain where readers, listeners and viewers have now access to millions of alternative citizen based sources of information such as blogs, facebook, [...]

Here is something from my timeline: "@saeedshah Sana Bucha's column also lifted the headline and the "sulk" theme from my Economist piece" Its just highlights disappointing and unfortunate standard of our media that a renowned anchor would plagiarise this blatantly in a national newspaper. I guess the quotes speak for themselves. Its [...]

Related Articles: ISI assets begin their act to ensure “supremacy” of their masters Ahmed Noorani belongs to Ansar Abbasi gang at Jang Group. His agenda along with his boss has always been to malign the PPP government on one thing after the other. Be it the judiciary, national ghairat, taping telephone conversations of various people, [...]

Related article: In defense of Shah Mahmood Qureshi – by Javed Fazal Pakistan's (military establishment-free) media has found an overnight 'HERO' roughly a month after they found 'Ghazi' Mumtaz Qadri. Surprisingly, this time around he is from the 'krupt' Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party. Presenting to you: The honest, the dignified [...]

Related articles: Three musketeers and the “PPP abandoned Salmaan Taseer” narrative A plan well executed Charter of irresponsible journalism in Pakistan in 2011 It is always entertaining to witness the little asset talk of the FCS eleven on Twitter which usually reads something like this: "Loved your fantastic column in xxx today. [...]

The front end: the ISI strikes back Recently, the LUBP wrote an article titled "Pakistan Army owns up the ISI man on a suicide attack mission in India". 'Renowned' nationalist, patriot, and 'asset', Ahmed Quraishi, took exception to our views and thus scolded the LUBP in the following words: Ahmed Quraishi's attack on the LUBP: ‘Et tu, [...]

 According to a top headline in 11th December's Jang and The News, public's trust in government has plummeted as Rs. 60 billion withdrawn from Defense Saving Schemes. Now, we all know about the credentials of Jang and The News in “Investigative Journalism” but combine that with “Economic Investigation”, we have a doomsday scenario in our [...]

Oh wow. We've all become so used to the hyperbole of the Western and local language English press around Pakistan Fashion Weeks, that it is sometimes easy to forget how a significant section of society in Pakistan views them. And who better to represent that view than our intrepid Khalifa-ul-Waqt, Ansar Abbasi, who can and will hold forth on [...]

Rauf Klasra is doing a series of reports on the beneficiaries of politics of Plot Allotment during the last few years. The first piece was on the high and mighty judges who have been allotted plots in Islamabad, even though majority of them are not based in the capital. In yesterday’s Express Tribune, in a story titled “Journalists are no [...]

Related articles: Congratulations, Asma Jahangir won the SCBA elections – by pejamistri Asma Jahangir becomes first female SCBA president; success of democracy in Pakistan I was in my class teaching a very dry subject when I saw an email message that simply stated what I had longed to hear: “Asma Jahangir wins”. I didn't need to [...]

In a research exercise, 14,534 news reports and columns that have been published in Jang and The News between August 22, 2009 and August 30, 2010 have been analyzed. The analysis is on the basis of the folloing heads: News Item Newspaper Caption Author Issue Angling Column Jang 1-Balanced Editorial The News 2- [...]

Here is something which the critical readers of the LUBP would love to read: Watch Abbas Ather's conversation with Asma Jahangir in today's Column Kaar (16 October 2010). http://pkpolitics.com/2010/10/16/column-kaar-16-october-2010 At about 8:00 minutes in the above video, Abbas Ather reveals without naming that it was a newspaper (Jang [...]

 Our dearest friend, Ansar Abbasi had given the nation a eid gift on 11th September by coming up with a report “Plot to kill Justice Sharif Unearthed”. The report has been debated on LUBP the following titles: “We look forward to the follow up story to the plot to kill Justice Sharif”, The alleged Plot to kill Justice Sharif: A wishful [...]

Related articles: Part 2 Here it goes again. When I read the name of Ansar Abbasi in the papers immediately my mind runs to the story books we used to read when we were kids. Famous character in those story books was Inspector Jamshed. Those booklets  always had strange story lines where out of nowhere a crime will be committed  and with [...]

I have not been very keenly following the matter of “massive losses” of Pakistan Steel and the alleged perpetrator of those losses. All fingers are pointed towards Riaz Laljee and a connection is somehow or the other made with President Zardari. The underlying tone of all news that is published on the matter by Jang Group is: Pakistan [...]

With no National Assembly in session currently where Saleh Zafir could write his salees Urdu and applaud the 2 hour long speeches of Chaudhry Nisar. Neither is the Prime Minister traveling that Saleh Zafir would be free loading a trip on public money. In such a situation, his new fancy is giving a spin to the Degrees Verification Process in which [...]

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 of Shaheen Sehbai. But with the story about "lady guides" being given front-page importance by [...]

Skunk is a small animal found in the wild. It looks beautiful from distance. It has beautiful white stripe going through middle of his body all the way through its tail. One of the defense this animal has against its enemies is to spray a liquid with a strong foul smelling odor. While abroad on a hunting trip, I had the experience of such [...]

First published on Pak Tea House Apropos “Information Minister vs journalists” by Usman Manzoor published in The News International of May 27, 2010, the reporter has desperately tried to use the space of this newspaper to establish the now controversial credentials of its Group Editor, Mr. Shaheen Sehbai. Why he felt the need to do so may [...]

Source: The News, 26 June 2010 The family of the gang-rape victim Kainat Soomro had to suffer another loss on Saturday as they found the body of Kainat’s elder brother, who had been pursuing his sister’s case in courts, from a remote area in Balochistan — almost three months after he was allegedly picked up by police from Dadu. The [...]

Source: Pakistan Media Watch Ahmad Noorani writes a ‘top story’ in The News today that is an example of yellow journalism at its worst. The article, “President confuses PPP Jialas and the nation“, is a political ‘hit job’ and not a serious piece of journalism. Moreover, the author’s argument contradicts recent reports found in [...]

In the ongoing Defamation case filed by PPP Information Secretary, Fauzia Wahab against Ansar Abbasi, an interesting development took place on 22nd June, 2010 when the stay on Ansar Abbasi to write any uncorroborated story against Fauzia Wahab was not only continued but contempt of court notices were also issued to Jang, The News, Ansar Abbasi and [...]

This is with reference to Ahmad Noorani's rejoinder titled "Why is Athar Minallah so panicky?" which was published in The News on 19 June 2010. About face by Ahmed Noorani on Mr Athar Minhallah is so panicky. Even though I don't agree with the lawyers movement the way it has gone but I do agree with how Mr. Minhallah has said it has turned out [...]

Let us look at the following chronology of events: 10th May – Fauzia Wahab appears on a program of Dunya News called “Dunya Today” with Moeid Pirzada with Roedad Khan and Ansar Abbasi as guests. In that program, Ansar Abbasi points towards Fauzia Wahab saying “in ka bus chale to humari gardan utaar dein’, (if it was up to her (Ms [...]

In a befitting reply, Athar Minallah has questioned the attacks on himself, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Aitzaz Ahsan and Justice Tariq Mahmood in the last few weeks by the gang led by Ansar Abbasi at The News. It is true that if you are following the line of Ansar Abbasi and the gang, you are a hero. If you follow a line which is slightly different then you [...]

Shame on Ansar Abbasi and his gang of blackmailers in Jang / The News (who are known to be on the payroll of the Jamaat-e-Islami and Hizbut Tahrir) for writing malicious, misleading articles against one of the (very few) honest and honourable citizens left in the land of the pure. Rejoinder to The News story: Asma Jehangir says she is no [...]

At long last, Ansar Abbasi found the munsifi he was seeking for the last many years! PPP's Central Information Secretary and Member National Assembly, Fauzia Wahab had sent a notice to Ansar Abbasi on May 15, 2010 seeking an apology from him for slanderous comments made against her in a live television broadcast on Dunya News dated 10th May, [...]

The famous Urdu proverb, “Jadoo woh jo sar par charh kar bole”, (the true magic consumes the mind), appeared to be true when I read the following news report in appreciation of the Pakistan People's Party by Muhammad Saleh Zaafir (a patent member of the Hizbut Tahrir cell in Jang / The News led by Ansar Abbasi). Two quick explanations come [...]

Our self righteous media’s erstwhile investigative reporters, Ansar Abbasi and Tariq Butt are at it again. In their yet another  report cum analysis titled “Confusion prevails over fact-finding committee report- Rehman Malik, Babar Awan to record statements now” with the sub-heading “What is the PPP Core Committee up to?” dated May 5, [...]

In The News and Jang of Sunday, May 2, 2010, Tariq Butt has presented a report captioned “Zardari holds power through Core Committee” available on http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28592. The report talks about a Core Committee being formulated of the closest aides of the President, who happens to be the Co-Chairman of the [...]

Source I am getting quite fed up with the planted, biased, illiterate, and highly unprofessional so-called reporting by the The News International.  Its current owner Mir Shakil ur Rehman was not above cheating in the exams. More about this in a moment. At one point of time, I was very negative about Asif Zardari, and still am, but [...]

Related post: Shamsul Anwar’s fraudulent story has a few lessons for us Ansar Abbasi, as critical readers of Pakistani media and politics know, is a loyalist of (a certain sub-section of) a spy agency. Ansar Abbasi is notorious for his love affair with the Taliban and his hatred for democratic and political liberal members of the Pakistani [...]

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 [...]