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Recent articles from the archives
Free to Breed
Nadeem F Paracha Aug 31, 2008How come there is no "talk" on TV when a group of fanatics attack a concert, a painting exhibition, a "mixed function" at a college, or force the way the fanatics deem "correct?"
Pakistan’s Emergency and the International Media
Mehroz Sadruddin Dec 9, 2007The international media’s principled stand against the imposition of emergency must be taken with a pinch of salt.
Pakistan: Media Under Siege
Beena Sarwar Nov 23, 2007Police have attacked and arrested journalists demonstrating all over the country. Over a hundred journalists offered themselves for mass arrest in Karachi on Nov 20.
Pakistani Media Crippled
Moeed Pirzada Nov 23, 2007The Musharraf government wants to financially cripple this most popular of the media community to set an example - just like the judiciary.
We the Silent Majority and the Muslim Fanatics
Gupangam Khan Nov 7, 2007Why does Western media use the term ‘Islam, ‘Islamist’, ‘Muslim’ very often in the same sentence with words such as terror, terrorist, and fanatics?
Do You Have a Substitute?
Salman Aneel Nov 4, 2007Emergency in Pakistan was the need of time as we had no other options. Do we have any substitute for General Musharraf? Is there any other person who can run the country?
Error Prone : Misleading Lines in the Media
Anand Patwardhan Oct 31, 2007When the Nobel Peace prize was announced, many Indian papers announced in bold headlines that it went to Dr. Pachauri and Al Gore.
Media: A Catalyst for Social and Political Change
Mazhar Mazhar Oct 19, 2007Media should connect the public spirit of politics by encouraging the people’s participation in political decisions.
Where's the news?
Nadeem F Paracha Oct 14, 2007The so-called "movement against Musharraf" and the unfolding "democratic revolution" seems like a shrinking reality no bigger than a 26-inch TV screen.
Bernard Lewis and the Neocon view of Islam
William Dalrymple Oct 4, 2007Lewis has had such a profound influence that according to the Wall Street Journal, “the Lewis doctrine, in effect, had become US policy”.
Pakistani Twist to “Aliens in America” TV Series
Ras Siddiqui Sep 27, 2007Are the Pakistani and Muslim community here in America ready for raunchy American teenage humor?
Media and Civil Society
Ishrat Saleem Sep 14, 2007The power struggle between the military and the political elite under the watchful eye of media and a new-born judiciary in Pakistan.
Dawn of a new era in Pakistan
Muhammad Shaikh Jun 15, 2007The month of March this year may be considered a turning point in the judicial history of Pakistan, but more so it will be remembered for manifestation of the powerful role played by the media.
Coffin Ride of the Classics
Anum Ali May 31, 2007The creative classics of every genre are on life support systems and those who get them in the form of sequels, re-dos, movies etc make it to the modern flashy minds. Yes! All that flashes is gold today!
Its media, Jim, but not as we know it
Bhaskar Dasgupta Apr 2, 2007The traditional media is mutating into something that normal users havent really picked up on yet, what’s going on?
Pandora Box of Television in Pakistan
Shahnawaz Farooqui Feb 21, 2007How can dozens of TV channels run profitably in a country, where the total volume of the advertising industry is not more that six to seven billion rupees?
To Hug or not to Hug
sameena khan Feb 2, 2007This is going to last me a lifetime! She gushed to Shah Rukh Khan, the new, dapper and witty host of Kaun Banega Crorepati that started yet another season on Jan 22, 2007.
I, Consumer
farheen zehra Jan 5, 2007Whether it is marriage, job or just looking pretty-you need to be fair. A great value to promote in a country where the vast majority is dark skinned! And in the hope to become ‘the fairest of them all’ – girls have made Fair&Lovely
Save our Children from Mental Abuse
Zarrar Said Dec 26, 2006It is disturbing enough that both English and Urdu versions of Yahya’s creationism documentaries -- that conceal, deny and confuse with theories not testable with science -- are being shown almost daily. That they’re passed off as science is e
Invasion of Iraq-II
Mehroz Sadruddin Dec 21, 2006How the Western media failed the whole world on the whole brouhaha of Iraq.
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