Muhammad Farouk

PFUJ Newsletter Sep – Dec 2009

Media in Pakistan, striving for security of life and job

Media in Pakistan, striving for security of life and job Security is the foremost challenge faced by journalists of Pakistan. Journalists are striving and concerned about job security as well as life security while reporting from conflict areas. Latest down sizing in electronic and print media organisations has increased sensitivity of problems manifold. Statistics of [...]

Dangerous dawn for media

The dawn of New Year 09 is dangerous and unsympathetic as media suffered three casualties of its working journalists in two separate incidents. In NWFP, two working media persons Dr Tahir Awan and Mohammad Imran were killed in a blast as both rushed to scene of a suicidal blast in front of the Government Polytechnic [...]

War with no end

Terrorism is absolutely not the fate of civilization”, it is a rational and careful wish with monster implications of complications and insanity. Two phrases portray the wave of fighting either it is the act of invisible hands to accomplish larger objectives or reaction against state oppressions and inequalities. Insecurity has become main menace for globe [...]

Stir for Responsibility

Promotion of democratic values for spacing and facilitation of each segment of society through unbiased and balanced reporting is the principal duty of media which is accomplished by right of freedom of expression as both media and democracy are closely tangled for social development. TV screen is main source for unlimited information.