The Challenges Blighting Pakistan’s Radio Industry
Haroon Rashid Close to the end of 2015 Pakistan has more than 140 functioning FM radio stations in the private sector. With TV completely…
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Travails Of Live Media Coverage In Pakistan
Haroon Rashid Sometime in 2011 a popular anchor of state-run PTV channel invite me to his primetime talk show. I had by that time taken…
My Bloody Fight For Right To Know
Exclusive blog for Freedom Network by journalist HAMID MIR marking the first anniversary of the murderous attack on him for his journalism work Hamid Mir…
Forgetting Safety Basics, Again?
Story of an AFP photojournalist By Mazhar Abbas A bullet was found in an envelope in his car parked outside the Karachi Press Club in 2007….
FM Radio Stations’ Impact On Tribal Areas
Fazal Rehman Mehsud still sometimes reminiscences about what he calls his good old days when he was working as a producer at a local radio…
Skewed Reporting Of Rape By Pakistani Media
In October 2013, many will still remember, a minor girl was picked up from a hospital courtyard in Lahore in Punjab, raped and then let…
Curse Of ‘Event Reporting’ Choking Pakistani Media
When speaking of journalism, one can always find the most lucrative of definitions and imagine a field that is dynamic and purposeful with a degree…
No Military Victories Without Media Support
The Pakistani state has launched its most serious attempt yet to retake North Waziristan Agency (NWA) of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and clear…
Afghan Media And Election Coverage
Few in Afghanistan will question the positive role local media played in bringing seven million voters to the polling stations in the April 5, 2014…
Divided Media Endangering Safety Of Journalists
What happened within the media world in the country after the murderous attack on April 19, 2014, on one of Pakistan’s most powerful voices in…
Pakistani Media Vs Martial Law
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), though facing some organizational problems these days, has an unprecedented history of struggle from 1950 to date. However, the…
Journalists And Conflict Of Interest
Why should Najam Sethi, one of the most prominent names in Pakistani journalism, have to accept the position of a ‘caretaker’ of a non-journalism…
Why Wait For More Deaths? Act Now!
Even when we know about the state of impunity against media, are we in Pakistan waiting for more deaths of journalists or a bomb blast…
Journalists Are Not Supposed To Be Politicians
“No sir, this is not my job!” I was expecting this polite but firm response from the highly respected journalist Mr Rahimullah Yusufzai, when he…
Courageous Journalist’s Historic Footage Brings Justice
Abdus Salam Soomro, a poor cameraman must be rewarded, not only for capturing the historic, although horrifying scene of the killing of a boy, but…
Benazir Bhutto And Pakistani Media
“Mazhar, I was shocked to see the list of journalists on the payroll of intelligence agencies. It included names of people, whom I thought were…
Final Call For The Media
An attack on Express Media Group’s Karachi office on December 2, 2013, is a direct assault on “Freedom of the Press.” It is not simply…
The Rise Of ‘Fake Media’ In Pakistan
TV news channels are supposed to provide information based on facts with objectivity and honesty. Sadly, all this is sorely lacking in the expanding media…
Wali Khan Babar’s Murder Mystery
The murder case of a young Pakistani journalist, Wali Khan Babar, has all the elements of an edge of the seat suspense drama, albeit one…
The Third Front: Challenges for Baluchistan Media
There aren’t any obvious parallels in the cases of FATA journalist Hayatullah’s murder and the Baluchistan authorities’ action against ARY TV. On the surface, both…