Comments on: Media watchdog

By: Maryam Naseer

Maryam Naseer — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent Mr A. Zafar. I totaly agree with you, what you have said is 100% true, i don’t know on whose commands and lines our media is working.

By: Bokhari

Bokhari — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

-Gauging the levels of obscenity, vulgarity.
&
Controlling-
Media management & policy professionals, Social sector activists, Educationists, Public sector can devise a strategy. Media policy Models of various nations could also be partially replicated or viewed by keeping our own entire scenario in view.

By: ejaz ali

ejaz ali — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

First,I have yet to convince myself that this “tamashbeen” frenzic reporting media (especially the electronic media) is the true freedom of expression or bringing out the real truth behind the problems through intellectual research and then generate the debate by the related field specialists is the true depiction of media freedom. Secondly, for example,is media serious enough to see the resolution of problems? lets take karachi violence, I mean if leyari is a case in study, media highlighted it as no go area due to exremely powerful criminal individuals and gangs have their control and some out of them may have political backings as well( i pray to be wrong). Now have you ever seen that such type of gangs have ever been busted with out the use of adequate force? the LEA people are sacrificing their lives but the media is just concerned about innocent people trapped in between cross fire. Why media is not asking these people to stop harboring and protecting the criminals within, and please clear the fog that law and order has never been maintained without the use of force, All these so called civilised societies have adequate, well equiped and highly paid LEAs at their disposal to ensure Law and order, its their deterrence and careful monitering is the key to success not the politicisation of departments and nurturing crimnals/gangs under the sleeves by political parties. We are going no where with such reporting rather infecting the young brains and wide spread desperation and disappointment.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yes media has truly gone insane nowdays. They will do whatever make them popular, and there are no regulations to regulate this industry..
Goverment must regulate this sector especially with regard to video clips which are aired after emergency situations like bomb blast etc..

By: Khalid

Khalid — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

agreed!

By: Umar hashmi

Umar hashmi — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It is very difficult to impose regulation upon independent media by some state watchdog like pemra as media often portray it as a restriction on its legitimate democratic independence. i think channels themselves should take this ititiative to purge this industery from black sheeps and abusers. All stake holders including government and media should collectively establish a code of conduct for shaping descipline of journelism in the interest of democracy and people’s psychological welfare and all channels be bound to follow it this code of conduct is need of the hour as media is in many cases badely affecting psyche of our society moreover this mad race for getting sky high ratings by hook or by crook needs to be checked.

By: Syed A. Zafar USA

Syed A. Zafar USA — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first time I am noticing that all the commentators are on the same page even after having a slight difference of opinion. So having true comments and every body agreeing that media is not doing what it is supposed to do, can we form some kind of association/forum to address this issue collectively, in order to send a message to media and its masters, that enough is enough. I am quite sure government alone cannot do any thing. It needs our support. The moment PEMRA starts fixing and taking disciplinary actions against channels, the opposition leaders, advertising companies, activists and advocates of freedom of speech and expression, our elite class and those who have serious complexes for foreign culture pop up from all over and start shouting and agitating against the government. The media owners like GEO starts exploiting people through their revolutionary songs/programs which gives people impression that government is against freedom of speech and entertainment. They create a situation that scares the government and it backs up. That is it. If we all agree that media is a bad influence on our society, can’t we support our government at least for just cause and take a stand against those who sponsor, report, write, produce and promote sensation, vulgarity and nude culture in our society. Only talking and commenting is not enough. In order to save our generation and culture we have got to do something. When we can join hands with those who most of the time create a hell and law and order situation in the country to achieve their selfish goals, why can’t we take a stand against the rising evil/cancer in our society?

I am really upset with those writers, producers, directors and sponsors who give impression that freedom of speech and expression means discarding our beautiful culture/values and promoting, sensationalism, nudity, vulgarity/punk culture, cat walks, divas and dirty gay stuff. What is fun when our daughters, sisters and even mothers now a days getting rid of their dupattas or hanging it on one side like a burden and showing their under arms and other body parts as something to be proud of. One bad thing leads to another. God forbid, a time may come when our culture, values, human decency and dignity will be history. Think about it, just go back 3-4 decades and compare our television programs especially our dramas and musical program. They were much artistic, amusing/entertaining and ever lasting than today’s filthy and boring programs. So what is fun and artistic in being vulgar/nude? Please support PEMRA for its efforts to make our media ethical, civil and productive for our society. By the way, I am not a member of PEMRA or any political party. zafarsyed40@yahoo.com

By: Bilal

Bilal — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

“the question remains unclear how Pemra will gauge the levels of obscenity, vulgarity…”
What you can watch with your daughter, your mother and your family is not obscene, what you can’t is obscene and vulgar. Is it that difficult?

Pakistan this day is led by media and it’s led to the dead end. Media is oblitrating our Socio Religious cultural values. It is destroying our family systems, trying to induce already destroyed western and indian system. Patriotism is lmited to PTV only, no Patriotic dramas, Poems, Programs or anything given due attention that it should be given. All you see is Indian Programs, dramas trying to prevail indian culture and senseless comedy programs.

News channels dont miss a single opportunity to make money. They don’t even care, if they have to sell someone’s tears, someone’s privacy and even someone’s blood. Truth is presented as a lie and lie as truth. They have damaged Pakistan as a state. They have damaged Pakistan’s economy. They have influenced Pakistan’s Judiciary, millitary and you name it.

By: Adeel

Adeel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Media guys ‘enjoy’ breaking news, be it a dead body, a burnt face or a demolished house, they have no norms, rules, ethics what to show and what not to.
the latest unfortunate episode of Aircrash was covered in all of our Media channels as a ‘cash’ item or as a movie trailer. Its sad but its true.
Media reporters and cameramen were showing horrific scenes and next day almost all channels displayed a winning advert that “We were the first one to break that new”……………Alas, was it a good news, you are so proud to announce.

I dont understand what is a news in asking a relative who lost his father or mother that “aap key kya feelings hain?”
I think they are mature enough to learn such basic things, otherwise join lollywood or cover stage dramas.

By: Amna

Amna — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The media industry, the news channels, the anchors, they all should be held accountable for cashing in on people’s miseries. They have no right to make a mockery of the public’s feelings. I feel that one of the reasons our society has become so violent is because images of scarred, mutilated dead bodies are shown so casually on the channels. The media channels who endorse showing of these hurtful images have become completely immune to the suffering that is caused to the families of the victims and on impressionable children when they view them on tv. It is inhuman and it is immoral. The race for sensationalism for personal ratings at the expense of the feelings of a common man is making us even more pessimistic. The media’s job is simply to give facts and they should just stick to it. There is no investigative journalism in our country. It appears that the only objective of the media personnels is thriving and compounding on the masses despair. Accountability of politicians: Yes. Accountability of generals: Yes. Accountability of judiciary: Yes. But accountability of media: First.