The media’s code of silence on Kashmir
The Indian media boasts an illustrious history. Born during the freedom struggle against the British colonial rule, it quickly mastered the rules of the game, working around the stiff curbs…
Media coverage
THE Pakistani media’s tragic flaw is that rather than cover the story, it is too often part of the story. So it is again with regards to media coverage of…
Media blues
THE crisis afflicting Pakistan’s mainstream print and electronic media sphere is escalating. Apart from a series of high-profile resignations and sackings, there are also reports of several print publications cutting…
Social media and elections
For a stable democratic society, the importance of a free and fair election cannot be denied. The credit for raising political awareness among people after a long struggle goes to…
A question of media ethics
Freedom of expression and the media’s freedom are usually considered interchangeable. They are often misconstrued to mean that no curbs can be imposed on the fourth pillar of the state.…
Inquiry reports
In many a postcolonial country, leaders have adopted institutions inherited from the British while also denuding them of their soul and spirit — among them, inquiries into cases of gross…
Media in 2017
In the year of Brexit and Donald Trump, neither of which the media saw coming, the talk has been of a broken media, unable to usefully analyse, report or inform…
The potential power of social media
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor. The swift action taken by Punjab Police at the giant Hafeez Centre Plaza, Lahore’s largest IT market, from where dozens…
Comparing media
Mir Hasil Bazinjo, Javed Jabbar, Asad Qaiser, Mian Mehmood-ur Rasheed, Rana Afzal, Gen (r) Abdul Qayum, Senator Saud Majeed, Munzza Hassan, Mehtab Rahidi, Senator Nauman Wazir, Shehryar Afridi, Dr Shoaib…
Misleading media
Coverage of the Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press. Reporting about carnage in the ancient city of…
