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How One Channel Could Shake Up Pakistan's Media Scene 23 Aug 2012 | 02:31 am
We don't usually write about entertainment channels of the sitcom / soaps / serials variety (as opposed to entertainment channels of the news / current affairs variety) but there's a new channel airin...
The Revolt Against Mr Jeem 1 Jul 2012 | 10:33 pm
So, remember that we tweeted about the return of Mr Jeem (Jeem for Jaahil) Online, Aamir Liaquat, to Geo all the way back on June 20? We had also tweeted that our sources were telling us that the retu...
Just Some Of The King's Men and Women (Updated) 14 Jun 2012 | 08:47 pm
This has already taken social media and even many television stations by storm. I am placing this here mainly for the record. Remember that 2-hour 'Dunya TV Special' yesterday where Meher Bokhari and...
Seeing Red (Updated) 1 Jun 2012 | 04:22 am
The entire country seems to be seized with the issue of whether dual nationality holders should be allowed to hold public office in Pakistan. The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case against four...
The Case of Shakil Afridi 25 May 2012 | 10:05 am
The hue and cry over the 33-year sentence handed down to Dr Shakil Afridi, the doctor who may have aided the CIA in tracking down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad is partly correct. Certainly, the fact t...
Absurdity, Thy Name Is... 21 May 2012 | 07:28 am
Must Pakistan - or perhaps one should say specifically its government, its political leaders, its judiciary, its military and its bureaucrats - continue to make an ass of itself? Must it circumvent an...
Not Quite the Real Thing 20 May 2012 | 02:14 am
A few days ago, there was a lavish launch in Karachi for Pakistani Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's new documentary project, a series of 6 short documentaries on Pakistanis who are doing interesti...
I Opened The News, And It Was Yellow 8 May 2012 | 01:10 pm
When you have four stories on one patently manufactured 'issue' carried by a newspaper in five days, you can safely consider it an object lesson in how to conduct a witch-hunt. The News' City pages M...
Of Governance Scandals And Clean Hands 3 May 2012 | 02:57 am
We are sometimes accused by partisan supporters of opposition political parties of being soft on or for not being more vehement about denouncing the alleged corruption or misgovernance of the currentl...
Yes, Television Was Sometimes Awful But Was Social Media Any Better? 22 Apr 2012 | 05:08 am
Almost two years ago, I wrote this piece and this piece about reporting on the Air Blue aircraft crash in Islamabad. The tragic crash of Bhoja Air flight from Karachi to Islamabad yesterday and its at...
