Media Watch column is meant to offer commentary on the affairs of the media.
Every once in a while, Imran Khan, ever the darling of the British press, is profiled by the latter. Every time that happens, the piece is much discussed here in Pakistan. This<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/13/trump-profiled-again/" title="Read more" >...</a>
FEATUREDAs discussed in an earlier column in this space, the Zainab case wasn’t particularly an outlier. There would have been many instances of exactly the same crime not just in the same week but also on
FEATUREDDunya News’s Wajahat S Khan lends himself to easy caricature. Even though, as per the Long Tail principle, one is sure that he, too, would have a fan following yet one can’t help but wonder why
FEATURED“Who are you going to trust? Me or your lying eyes?” – Groucho Marx If there was any image from the 2014 Model Town carnage that remained stuck in the public’s imagination<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/09/it-wasnt-me/" title="Read more" >...</a>
FEATUREDLet’s cut to the chase, specially since we have a sword at hand. By now you would have, even if only cursorily, followed the drama surrounding the release of the Sanjay Leela<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/02/swords-in-studios/" title="Read more" >...</a>
CommentFalling out of context and into the fireRoland Barthes, the French literary critic, in his landmark 1967 essay, laid out the concept of 'The Death of the Author'. Eschewing the paradigms of tr
CommentNot so tough now, are you?A gig in the Pakistani commentariat is nice to have. The pay’s good and there is next to nothing by way of accountability.Within this gallery of rogues, whenever a
CommentThe Tube’s schooling, barring a year in Class 4, has been in all-boys institutions. As opposed to our brethren who attended co-ed schools, our lot is accused of having dirty minds. And not incorre
CommentDeja vu. The events that this column attempts to handle are eerily similar to a sequence of events two years ago. The same federal capital. A similar siege. By the same gallery of undesirables from wi
CommentHe was, and is, an impressive man. The retired Lt General Tariq is a man whose very voice can inspire those serving under him. And he was no paper tiger. At least no “not paper tiger” by
“Let me assure you: this, like any other story worth telling, is all about a girl.”Spiderman (2002)Yes, Jinnah newspaper thinks the attack on The News correspondent Ahmed Noo
UncategorizedIt’s an interesting word fashioned for the current internet landscape. Webakoof. Noun. Definition: a person who believes anything he/she sees on the internet. Everything on Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitt
