Journalism in crisis on October 18, 2018A journalist doesn’t want to lose his job, so are his emotions regarding his freedom to ‘write the truth’. Unfortunately, these two things have been kept linked to maintain the control and hegemony over the press, by several groups with vested interests, since partition. The aforementioned forced arranged marriage between a journalist’s salary and his […]
This Naya Pakistan doesn’t feel too new on August 7, 2018All other traditional parties have done nothing in their tenures, people say. Now here is a chance for Imran Khan to fulfil all his promises to the people. However, the very basic problems of the common people which need to be addressed by doing major radical changes in the current system would remain unsolved. The […]
The powers that be love censorship on July 15, 2018Recently, General Ghafoor fielded questions from journalists, where one asked him why Imran Khan should be spared if Sharif and Zardari were under fire. The question may be wrong, but we cannot discourage the culture of asking for answers from people in power. The one time that I felt this was most important was during […]