Truth and the media
Asia encompasses diverse countries and regions – in terms of religion, culture, language, ethnicity and history. However, the region has remained a geographical category not a cultural entity because of…
Truth and the media
Asia encompasses diverse countries and regions – in terms of religion, culture, language, ethnicity and history. However, the region has remained a geographical category not a cultural entity because of…
Electronic Media Code of Conduct 2015: Bad ads
It is a pity that the code regulating the functioning of the country’s electronic media landscape had to come from the government rather than the Pakistan Broadcasters’ Association. But the…
A media myth
Fortunately, both Hamid Mir, the intended victim of the April 19 shooting in Karachi, and freedom of expression will survive. Like Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme, there is no scope for…
Measuring the media
When Bushra Gohar, one of the bright stars of the National Assembly, entered politics as a member of the Awami National Party, she did not know that “I am an…
Civil-military ties
THE people of Pakistan have a strong democratic temperament. Throughout the year, the country’s many elections are robustly contested in bar associations, chambers of commerce, professional associations, unions, civil society…
The rare earth cold warHassan Baig
It’s quite interesting to see global politics taking such unpredictable turns. It was US President Trump who first started the tariff war, now attracting the world’s attention and apparently giving…
Regulators at the edge
In the next three to five years, the global media landscape will change more profoundly than it has in the last three decades. Artificial intelligence is no longer a backstage…
Negative peace: what next?
After the brief but climactic war and its resolution on May 10, which ended in a clear Pakistani victory, India now sits in anger, licking its wounds and plotting its…
Belligerent Hindustan
Indians, generally, are peace-loving people. Most Indians from Occupied Kashmir to Kannyakumari passionately subscribe to the Gandhian philosophy of “Ahimsa”, which means, “nonviolence”. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in…
