A lot of hue and cry has been made by the media in general and MQM in particular on an incident (Swat flogging incident) which have not been confirmed and verified. In my view this has all been done under a well planned conspiracy in an attempt to malign and tarnish the image of Islam [...]
Since the last few months there have been intense debates on whether the electronic media is becoming a monster or not. Certain people are propogating the opinion that the media is playing a destructive role for the society. They claim that in the days of dictatorship it calls for democracy and later tries to [...]
It’s now almost two months since the 26/11 attacks. There have words and comments made from both sides. Ever since the attacks, I have been active on Pakistani forums like Pakspectator. One of the things that I have realized over this period is that there has been complete lack of acknowledgment of the problems that [...]
Many Pakistani intellectuals often write in news paper in much interesting way or speak in talk show on TV channels with much eloquence on many topic ,some of which can be , though, termed as of- repeated one However the views of most of them about these topics hardly [...]
A small blast occurred at the Imam Bargah in Peshawar and 4 people were injured slightly and there was petty property loss. When I switched on the television, all the electronic private channels including GEO, ARYONEWORLD, AAJ, HUM, Waqt, Express, Samaa and others were projecting that as all hell was broke loose in Peshawar and [...]
If I perceive and analyze the above criteria of resistance and force, in the conventional and traditional controversy of government functionaries and our so called resistor as retaliator, whether it may be any dick and harry, limitation of resistance will always be observed.
Though there is nothing inherently bad in accepting the government job or specifically becoming the chairman of state-owned Pakistan Television, but when you see the whole scheme of things, the appointment of Dr. Shahid Masood, the anchorperson of renowned GEO News TV talk show “Meray Mutabiq” as the new chairman of the Pakistan Television reeks, [...]
One have got to hand it over to General (r) Pervez Musharraf that he didn’t put much thought into the fact that in the future the media which he allowed to get liberated with so much fanfare could become a monster for himself and his cronies. So much for the hindsight and so much for [...]
