Last days there were a large number of scandals on the media concerning Geo. First the attack on Senior anchor person of Geo news, Hamid Mir, on April 19, 2014 by four unidentified men when he was in Karachi. The next scandal arose when Dr. Shaista Wahidi the host of "Jago Pakistan Jago”, a morning show, was celebrating the marriage ceremony of Veena Malik and her husband Asad Bashir. It was such a blasphemy that the Muslims all over the world were in despair. Another drama was being on aired on Geo entertainment, named as "Rukhsaar". Another controversy arose in which the mother was asking her daughter to take divorce from her husband and marry the other rich man. And both of them were not in the favor of the teachings of Islam regarding "Iddat". And last but not the least, the channel Geo Kahani has been airing Turkish dubbed dramas for long. One of these is "Mera Sultan". In the drama the incident of Hazrat Moosa (A.S.) and Hazrat Khizar (A.S.) regarding patience is related and is considered equal to the incident of Sheikh Saadi and Hafiz Sherazi. The Book of Allah in the Surah Kahaf, Allah himself has told about the incident. And no one either Muslim or non-Muslim can deny it.
Here a question arises what is the reason for all this description??? Actually what I feel is that why it is only that only one channel or a media group is banned?? When all the channels are scandalizing the politicians and army all over the world at that time where do the people of Pakistan go?? It is not about one single person or leader. It is about every person who is blamed for no reason every minute on the news channel. Each and every day we have a new issue to talk about. The programs on each and every channel have a different issue to discuss. But no conclusion or benefit is derived from it. In fact the representatives of different parties keep on blaming and fighting with each other. And the people are free to sit for hours and listen their lame talk.
Every day in the morning shows vulgarity and ill mannered behaviors are promoted. A morning should be pleasant instead of filled with songs, dances, unnecessary content, hustle and bustle etc. People want peace and calmness in their lives not such things. They want to share their problems and want others whom they trust they solve their problems. But all that they need does not require such environment.
The Qawali which was played on Geo TV was previously played on Ary News as well as Samaa channel in their respective morning shows. But all these went unconsidered because when such act was committed on Geo, Geo was going through tough days. I am not a supporter of Geo neither I want Geo to be banned or work as usual. I just want that all such acts should be considered illegal.
Smoking, drinking, adult content, crime, and other crimes are shown everyday on every channel in their dramas and programs. These are also not the teachings of Islam. Whatever is happening these days is the result of these acts. All these channels and news groups should be given a last warning, and should be asked not to commit anything like that again and if anything happened then they will be banned and given notice either of suspension or a court notice.
As a conclusion, whatever happened cannot be forgotten or forgiven other channels should take message from all these acts and they should not think of doing any such things or taking these general.
Role of Pakistani Media
Hamna
January 08, 2015
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Pakistan
is a country which is facing problems not just before its formation but also
during, after and till date. Terrorism, Kashmir issue, low tax collection, tax
evasion, religious intolerance, corruption, devalued currency, unemployment,
lack of education, water shortage, provincial disharmony, inadequate foreign
policy, corrupt police, energy crisis, ethnic hatred etc. are the major
problems. On the other hand, land grapping mafia, illegal weapons, rising
divorce rate, drug abuse in teenagers, pollution, population explosion, high
infant mortality rate, lack of clean drinking water, women abuse, rising
Western and Indian culture, capital flight, medical problems, impure food
products etc. are also the important problems.
These
problems are developing at a higher rate than Pakistan is developing. If these
are not paid prior attention they will engulf Pakistan, in fact they have
already caused a major problem to Pakistan and its inhabitants. It is due to
the inconsideration of the people and government officials of Pakistan. People
of Pakistan and the officials do not value this country much; they just care
about themselves, their desires and their priorities. The corrupt politicians
are not corrupt as a person, we as a nation are corrupt; whoever finds an easy
way towards his success; does corruption on his level. Corrupt people then vote
for corrupt politicians and then they do their part of corruption; which takes
Pakistan back and its progress and development falls behind.
Keeping
in view all of these issues, the role of media is very important. But here too,
the problem lies that Pakistani media is not playing fair. The media should not
be in the influence of government or any political party of the state.
Unfortunately, our media is doing so; it is under the orders of government and
other political parties. On the other hand, they break the news by adding fuel
to the fire. In reality one thing has happened, while they tell the other one.
They exaggerate the details, especially if going against Pakistan. They portray
Pakistan as if there is no security, no education, none of the industries,
unemployment; in sort, no reason to live in Pakistan. There are problems in
this country, but it is not so that one cannot survive here. Let’s just focus
first on the role of media and then on the positive aspects of Pakistan.
Firstly,
when a security issue occurs, the media not only gives out the details of the
attack but also they criticize the government if they are being supported by an
opposition party, while those who support the government, criticize other
political parties, and this process goes on. Then they exaggerate the issue,
they add spices to it, and finally, the issue takes the form of something else.
The media should just break those details which are authentic. It should be
neutral, instead of taking sides of any of their supporting parties. They
should drive the concerns of the government to pay attention to such issues.
They should support government if it is taking any positive step, instead of
finding meaningless flaws in it.
Secondly,
whenever any natural disaster occurs, the media instead of paying sympathies to
the one who suffered, or helping them out in one or the other way, criticize
the government and hide the details. The earthquake of 2008, took away the
lives of 215 people, with 200 injured and about 120,000 homeless. The media
gave these details but the hid the ones related to human trafficking, which
took place on a large scale in Kashmir region. Young girls were kidnapped, and
smuggled to foreign countries. The innocent, beautiful girls of Kashmir were
made to go the foreign countries and be a source of their pleasure. At this
moment, the media should have paid stress to this issue and stopped the human
trafficking of the Pakistani girls.
Thirdly,
when during the monsoon months, the rainfall exceeds the limits, flood hits Pakistan.
At this moment Pakistan, having no dams for excess water storage, faces great disaster
in unprivileged areas. The fields are destroyed, homes flooded out with water
and its inhabitants and a large area with its population is affected. Pakistan not
only faces problem due to the excess rainfall, but India also plays its role in
its destruction. As both the neighbors share the same climate, India also has
monsoon in those days. After filling its dams, it turns the excess rain water towards
Pakistan. The Sindh Taas agreement between the two countries has borne no fruit
till date. These have also led to major problems in Pakistan. Media should drive
the attention of the government officials and related political parties to pay
stress to this issue and resolve it. Instead of giving and breaking lame news,
the media should focus on the major problems, and give such issues prior
importance, not only in flood days but also after it.
Fourthly,
the entertainment channels of Pakistan are also portraying a negative image of
this homeland to other countries. The culture, first of all, which is being promoted
in our channels, is neither Islamic nor Pakistani. The vulgarity, shameless
scenes, brutality, intolerance, misbehavior with parents, drug and smoking which
are being promoted in the dramas are not according to our teachings. The women
who wear shameless clothes, actors who are seen drinking and smoking, are a
cause of the rapes and increased drug induction by the teenagers. The entertainment
channels should only promote those things which are according to our teachings
and culture.
Fifthly,
the media is not promoting the Pakistani singers. Although, above it has been discussed
that Pakistani channels should only promote its culture, but still it is also a
fact that people like to listen to songs. But if they are Pakistani, instead of
Indian or Western, then a huge difference will be seen. In this way, our
singers will also have recognition of themselves; they will not need to go to other
countries and beg for employment. The people of Pakistan will also have a view
of their legends.
Last
but not the least; the media should now take action for the formation of dams
by the government now and then. Media should pay stress and prior importance to
this issue. Media should join hands with the people of Pakistan to drive the
attention of the government and officials to build up a new world, where energy
and clean water crisis will no longer be a problem.
These
are just a few issues which have been highlighted, but the truth is that they
are just a few; there are more than one can just imagine. The media and inhabitants
of Pakistan now should work together and fight for their rights, irrespective
of their own benefits, considering the benefits of this country as more
important.
May
Allah Almighty bless this nation and Pakistan..!!
Ameen
