Foreign hands triggering domestic warfare!
We need to be well aware of conspiracies going on in Pakistan. Story has gone beyond foreign militants now. Pakistan’s enemy typically targeting every critical aspect of flaming Pakistan. From religious to sects, provinces to separation, international pressure to hidden games, transit trade deal to paid terrorism everything is going according to plan. What needs to be done is diplomatic attack, but unfortunately where decision making and leadership are used require from Pakistan, the whole policy collapses.
Media’s role in this matter is not very efficient as compared to indian media for their national security. Pakistani electronic and press media should openly shout on indian involvement in terrorism insidePakistan. Every day suicide attacks are making headlines, innocent people in mosques, markets and in other public places are dying. Media’s focus should be defined. Media sometime unnecessarily makes chaos and it should understand that today media is an opinion maker so the critical point is we have almost 55.4% educated people, so we have to plan what we should deliver to them to enhance their morale. Indian media is strong and free as well but little more strategic from ours. It yells on right time only on their national interest.
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Posted by Hassaan Khan |
In Pakistan, after the draconian control of the Zia years, a free media is a new phenomenon and, as of now, this unfettered media is threatening to become a bull in a china shop. Apart from political propaganda it is fanning sectarianism. Religious programming is an even more slippery slope. Myriads of religious channels, each promoting the beliefs and practices of one particular sect, are on air. The marketing of various ‘brands’ of religion is dangerous to say the least. Often superstitious cultural practices of the unlettered are projected via such channels as religious rituals. Additionally, certain controversial religious figures are freely seen on TV. No effort is made by religious channels to promote better citizenship and ethical values. The power of religion over hearts and minds is unparalleled. This, coupled with the bad reputation the mullahs have acquired in Pakistan, demands that serious and urgent attention must be paid to this media genre. In the scenario of extremism and militancy it is a dangerous ride and media must abstain from it.
In Pakistan, after the draconian control of the Zia years, a free media is a new phenomenon and, as of now, this unfettered media is threatening to become a bull in a china shop. Apart from political propaganda it is fanning sectarianism. Religious programming is an even more slippery slope. Myriads of religious channels, each promoting the beliefs and practices of one particular sect, are on air. The marketing of various ‘brands’ of religion is dangerous to say the least. Often superstitious cultural practices of the unlettered are projected via such channels as religious rituals. Additionally, certain controversial religious figures are freely seen on TV. No effort is made by religious channels to promote better citizenship and ethical values. The power of religion over hearts and minds is unparalleled. This, coupled with the bad reputation the mullahs have acquired in Pakistan, demands that serious and urgent attention must be paid to this media genre. In the scenario of extremism and militancy it is a dangerous ride and media must abstain from it.