Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan

Source: The New York Times

WHEN Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, the killers struck in Rawalpindi, an ancient garrison town, on the edge of a leafy park named for another Pakistani who had served as prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan; he was assassinated in the park in 1951. Barely a mile away, Ms. Bhutto’s father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, another former prime minister, was hanged in 1979 at the city’s central jail. One of the doctors who failed to reanimate Ms. Bhutto at a Rawalpindi hospital was the son of a doctor who similarly failed to save Liaquat Ali Khan. more

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Beware holiday hackers

As consumers spend more time and money online, hackers are out in full force this holiday season.

The holidays are prime time for online mischief, and shoppers looking for holiday deals make ideal prey. Some tips on how to avoid being scammed online this holiday season.

One Laptop per Child

A non-profit organization hopes to help children in impoverished countries by distributing low-cost computers.

Designed with help from major companies including Google, NewsCorp, and Nortel, the XO went into mass production in November and has been tested in countries like Brazil, Nigeria, and India already. The foundation is running a special holiday program called "Give One Get One" until December 31.

Racism row stops cricket tour

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Iran and Amreeka again 'Face to Face'

Jan. 7 - US and Iran clash in the Strait of Hormuz after incident sparks US rebuke.Over the weekend, five Iranian boats showed hostile intent against three U.S. Navy ships, according to the Pentagon.

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Exposing Black Sheep in Pakistani Media

Source: pkpolitics.com

Author: Dr. Akram Khan

Similar to a few black sheep in Lawyers Community in Pakistan like Shareefuddin Pirzada, Malik Qayyum and Naeem Bukhari, there are a few media entities that play the same part as these notorious characters.

Daily Times Newspaper and Business Plus TV Channel:

Salman Taseer, the owner of this media group is close friend of President (i) Mushrarraf and also serving as a Minister in interim government. His TV Channel was the first one that got back on air immediately after the Emergency+ of 3rd November 2007, while other channels were facing crackdowns by Musharraf regime.

He was a well known leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and decided to side with Musharraf to serve mutual business and media interests.

Najam Sethi:

Najam is considered as a champion of yellow journalism in English print and electronic media. A pseudo intellectual who has always been used by the establishment for planting their stories in the media for the purpose of disinformation, twisting/distorting facts and diverting attention of people from real issues. Najam Sethi runs his weekly newspaper Friday Times and actively write in Daily Times.

The team that went to the United States to defend the illegal acts of Musharraf after emergency+ could not find anything in Pakistani Media to support them except an article written by Najam Sethi against deposed Judges.

Nazir Naji:

Nazir Naji is considered to be the Urdu version of Najam Sethi. With under metric education and working as a columnist, he claims himself as a lobbyist and is well known for spreading negative journalism. He is also known as a LOTA in journalists community for frequently switching sides.

After the events of 12th May 2007 in Karachi, Nazir Naji was the only journalist who defended the actions of MQM in the Pakistani Media.

Saleem Shezad

Saleem is the bureau chief of Asia Times in Pakistan and the the only lucky reporter who receives emails from terrorist groups claiming responsibility of attacks. Click here for more on Saleem Shahzad …

It is extremely important that everyone knows about these black sheep so that we can counter their strategy to hamper the movement of lawyers and civil society for restoration of judiciary and for upholding the rule of law in Pakistan.

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