Media sexism
Reham Khan has lamented the manner in which her recent divorce was treated by the media. With journalists scrambling to reveal all the ‘skeletons in her closet’ for primetime slots…
Media in chains
This has been a bad year for freedom of expression in Pakistan. For both media and civil society, both freedom of expression and access to information have, in general, deteriorated…
Citing foreign media to prove performance!
The political atmosphere in the country during the past week has manifested itself in the economy as a major fall in the stock exchanges. Reports indicate that the Karachi Stock…
View Point: The myth of media neutrality
The death and destruction Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip are enduring is hard to watch even on TV screens. Blood soaked bodies of children, men and women of all…
Media: the threat of co-option
Around this year’s World Press Freedom Day (May 3) the Pakistani media received considerable attention at home and abroad, and it must calmly address some of the issues raised concerning…
The media’s role
Last week the Indus Resource Centre (IRC) and the Sindh Education Foundation held a joint consultative roundtable — the second such event in a series — to study the impact…
Social media empowers anti-mining activists
Facebook and other social networks are making it easier for anti-mining activists to derail projects, helping them get their message out and organise more quickly against an industry that is…
Towards media reforms?
While there is much hand-wringing in society on the powerful and irresponsible role the media has assumed for itself in Pakistan, little attention was paid by the media itself to…
Raids and reports
The people of Pakistan eagerly awaited answers to critical questions in the Abbottabad Commission Report. Was Osama bin Laden residing in the Abbottabad compound? The commission declared that OBL had…
Suppressed reports
Governments set up inquiries to allay public disquiet; whether over a financial scandal, a case of ministerial corruption or a military disaster. But, with the proverbial shortness of public memory,…
