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Articles with tag: journalist

Pakistan India: Citizens Push for Peace

Beena Sarwar   Jul 8, 2009   interacts: 73

Mumbai-based veteran journalist Jatin Desai's proposal to ‘twin’ the press clubs of Karachi and Mumbai was positively received.

Tense Day in Delhi with Pakistani Journalists

Veeresh Malik   Apr 15, 2009   interacts: 281

4 guys shouting Pakistan Hai Hai, 6 random supporters variously demanding Freedom Of Speech, 10 Left Of Centre jholaas shrilling back for silence

Khalid Hasan, Manto, and Kala Kola

Aziz Akhmad   Feb 12, 2009   interacts: 4

A lifelong journalist, he observed people minutely, and commented upon them playfully and bluntly. His satire was particularly reserved for people with puffed up egos.

Urdu News Columnists and Anchors -- should we always believe them?

Aziz Akhmad   Nov 10, 2008   interacts: 35

Personal opinions and biases are presented as news; commentators state inferences and perceptions as facts, often peddle half-baked ideas and folklore as received truths.

Prisoner of Conscience

MD Waqar   Apr 18, 2008   interacts: 6

Mr. Afridi is imprisoned because of his peaceful expression of his beliefs. He is victim of an unfair trial.

Pakistan: Media Under Siege

Beena Sarwar   Nov 23, 2007   interacts: 138

Police have attacked and arrested journalists demonstrating all over the country. Over a hundred journalists offered themselves for mass arrest in Karachi on Nov 20.

The Cost of a Pakistani Journalist Life

Imran Ali Teepu   Nov 4, 2007   interacts: 5

What matters more? the media coverage or the person covering it? Ask a media owner of newspaper or the television and it’s the coverage.

To Saneeya Hussain (August 13, 1954-April 20, 2005)

Beena Sarwar   May 1, 2005   interacts: 21

There are tears at your untimely departure, but no, we’re not just sitting about mourning gloomily. Our grief runs deep, but when we meet and share your memories, there is also laughter, especially as we recall yours.

Open letter to an Indian Bureaucrat

Uma K   Apr 8, 2005   interacts: 3

Dear Ms. Basanti Roy, I read about the problem you are facing with the Salaam Balak Trust encroaching on the property of the Bal Bhawan in Mumbai.

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