Journalism in Pakistan was never considered to be an independent field, not because of the lack of journalists, but the reason was the unfair attitude by the establishment and the ruling class of Pakistan towards the journalists who want to express their feeling through electronic or print media.
Every Pakistani have seen the black era of General Zia ul Haq, the time when Pakistani's (in Many areas) were treated like hostages, illegal weapons and drugs were smuggled in the country in the same Era, also the afghan war has its impact on Pakistan's environment, hence the country was handed over to the religious extremists in 80's. Sectarian and ethnic riots were also planned.
But ! But no one had enough guts to expose the culprits at that time, and those few who tried to raise their voices were killed and faced a heavy debt of their acts. But now situation have taken a U turn. Now after 22 years of that time, our journalists have all rights to express their feelings and to write what they think. The freedom given to the media by former President Pervez Musharraf was a big revolution for the field of journalism in Pakistan. Media was free to show the truth and journalists were granted all of their demands. At the same time when Pakistan's editors showed responsibilities by writing sensible and debatable articles, we have seen some negative characters among journalists. Their aims and motives are not different as of General Zia ul haq's or so called "Shareef".
These journalists (Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Siddiqui) try to give a big time support to extremists, terrorists, Anti-Pakistan and Anti-Islam forces. Popular newspapers publish their articles, famous anchors give them opportunities to Bark on Media either because of their political influences or their financial support to their organizations. But we have to think what brings harms to our country, what is good for Pakistan and what is not. we have to choose the right ones (not the popular ones).
As Tom Stoppard said: "if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon."
Journalism can cause revolution, but it depends on the journalists, that what kind of revolution or change they want to bring. A change can bring a prosperity and a change can also bring a disaster. Our government should take an action against hypocrites and those journalists who give a wrong image of Islam to the foreign world.
