The political scene in South Asian is undoubtly a maze....there are no simple answers and explanations for the political developments in the region.
The complexicity of the maze is evident from the confusion over who actually shut down Ary One World TV and Geo TV early this week. Mohsin Raza, Director New ARY has categorically stated that the channel was not shut down by the government. Though he did not clarify the reason for the blackout. On 8th April 2008, The Dawn published the 'actual story', which refers to the attempt by Information Minister Sherry Rehman to mobilize resources for investigating the real cause of the incident and ensuring the re-activation of the broadcasts by the two channels.
Still waiting for comments on the blackout from GEO-TV...however the previous post was more about challenges facing the new government; in this blame game the fact still remains that Arbab Ghulam Rahim was assaulted...hopefully Pakistan will be able to prioritize the challenges and not get embroiled in petty political controversies.
It seems that freedom of press and responsible journalism are equally challenged in Pakistan.
With such contradictory statement of facts from from different perspectives, the maze in Pakistan only thickens. Hopefully the media and political parties in Pakistan realize that such incidents are putting the credibility of the Pakistani state and government under strain.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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