Media Watch

With Friends Like These

Aug 29th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan
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Is safeguarding the life and rights of religious minorities a responsibility of the government? In the context of Pakistan, present or past, it appears not to be the case. So is the targeted killing and persecution of religious minorities actually a credit to the government? If you follow a certain Mr. Faisal Raza Abidi, it […]



Cyber World and its Perils

Aug 21st, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Social, World
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Cyber world has become a perpetual world where we all live in and yet we don’t. This is the next big frontier which the western masters have innovated and trying to conquer. Cyber space might be the perfect place for mind warfare. Victory here means conquest of whole mind kind. This idea must sound absurd […]



Because the Ugly Combination Sells

Aug 10th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan
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So Ladies and Gentlemen, contrary to all expectations and despite the ever strong social media activism, Veena Malik is back in full swing to help people get over their sins -and hers- and plead and beg to the Almighty Lord to forgive them -and her- for their sins -and hers- for the moment so they […]



Burma is Burning

Jul 29th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan, Religion, World
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Burma is burning and most of us are conveniently silent …. Some believe that death toll is not high enough to condemn the killings because  few dozens have been murdered and few women have been raped; not a big deal because they were muslims. Some others say that we are far away from Burma, so […]



Pseudo-liberal Trends of Pakistan

Jul 3rd, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan
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It is extremely sad to admit that the profession of journalism in Pakistan has suffered nightmares and moral atrocities for decades now. • Biased reporting, twisting the history for vested interests and igniting hatred is on the timelines and news of the hour. • The volume of biased reporting upon the educated masses has increasingly […]



Where are all these gates leading to

Jun 13th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan, Social
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Our nation is obsessed with ‘gates’, be it Watergate or Bill Gates; (though the latter is considered a plural by many). Thus, it has become customary to associate the word gate with every scandal, whether it is  Memo-gate, Mehran-gate, Veena-gate or the latest Bahria-gate; the word ‘gate’ is there as a symbolic representation. Do these gates open […]



Why Don’t They Leave Then?

May 15th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan
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As if multitude of problems facing us; war, poverty, terrorism, unemployment, power cuts etc; was not enough, our buffoon leaders grasp every opportunity to embarrass the whole nation in front of the whole world. The nation which has produced best doctors, engineers, physicists and world record holders IT professionals, has to face further humiliation of […]



PM conviction – the battle will go on!

May 11th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan
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Though the much awaited detailed verdict handed down by the seven-member bench in the contempt of court case against PM Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani fell short of the expectations of many, but the verdict has at least cleared the mist of confusion on the political horizon, putting the Prime Minister in the irreversible process of […]



Twitter trend #ShutUpClinton and what it means to me

May 8th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan, World
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Hillary Clinton talked about possiblity of presence of Amyn-al-Zawahiri in Pakistan and demanded Pakistan to do more in interviews and Press Conference in India. She immediately received a powerful ‘shut up’ call from Pakistani social media. Hashtag #ShutpClinton started trending, showing the unity of Pakistanis across the board on this sensitive issue. Hillary clinton was shown the […]



Are you following #ShutUpClinton on Twitter?

May 8th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan, World
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the end of her visit to India stressed that Pakistan should ‘do more’ with US to fight terrorism, just  a day after she hinted that Aiman Al Zawahiri might be hiding in Pakistan. Pakistan Social Media had already went outrageous on these irresponsible statements from her and the […]