Military coups, elections, politics, agencies, blasts, suicide bombers, events like Lal Masjid, buearacracy, president quitting.. Who provides fuel to these matters? Ofcourse our very own media.
Yes they are one source of information which the audience requires more than any other medium. But the sense of responsibility that should ooze from such institutions does not simply EXIST.
Having no pro lobby for any political or military dictatorship or any political affinity, I was simply grounded by reading the headline of one of the newspapers this morning (19-Aug-08).
“Mush quits with his tail between his legs”
(Just imagine the Urdu translation for the same)
Is this a bloddy high school drama going on here. This is Pakistan that we are talking about. It is hardly 24 hrs to his resignation and this is the kind of information sharing you are doing? Simply insane! I wonder had this statement come out in some foreign paper, what would have been the consequences for that news agency.
I simply lament our state of mind as Pakis.
May Allah guide us to the right path.