Tense Day in Delhi with Pakistani Journalists

4 guys shouting Pakistan Hai Hai, 6 random supporters variously demanding Freedom Of Speech, 10 Left Of Centre jholaas shrilling back for silence

Free to Breed

How 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

The international media’s principled stand against the imposition of emergency must be taken with a pinch of salt.

Pakistan: Media Under Siege

Police 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

The 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

Why 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?

Emergency 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

When 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

Media should connect the public spirit of politics by encouraging the people’s participation in political decisions.

Where's the news?

The 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

Lewis 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

Are the Pakistani and Muslim community here in America ready for raunchy American teenage humor?

Media and Civil Society

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

How 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

This 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

Whether 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

It 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

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