Pakistani journalists face pressures from feudal lords and religious zealots

Pakistani journalists face pressures from feudal lords and religious zealots

By Khalid Hasan

Sunday, September 21, 2008

“How many stories come out of Saudi Arabia or Singapore?” he asked. Pakistan, he stressed, has a vibrant media. “We cherish the challenge of being journalists, no matter what the government of the day is. We have to contend with the security establishment, which would like to control the flow of information but has now come to realise that it can’t. Times have changed. While newspapers continue to retain their influence, TV viewership has exploded, the estimated number of those who watch TV being between 50 and 60 million.”

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