Imran Khan's wedding: How the media failed
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Tu ghanti big ban di, poora London thumakda...
Oh jaddo nachche pehn di, poora London thumakda...
Kabhi kabhi mere dil me khayal aata hai, kee jaise tujhko banaya gaya hai mere liye…
Bollywood classics and the latest romantic pop songs blared against images of Imran and Reham Khan as a sense of festivity occupied most channels yesterday. As low-key and simple the marriage ceremony was, it managed to kick up an even bigger storm in Pakistan.
Jon Boone of the Guardian noted and wrote:
For Pakistan’s news channels, it was the equivalent of a starting pistol fired on a sudden royal wedding, but with no footage to satisfy the audience.
They did their best, overlaying with fireworks the few available stills of the couple, while traditional wedding music played over the video of impromptu celebrations thrown by Khan’s supporters around the country.
Also read: #ImranWedsReham – the media’s mysterious ways, on-air and online
Features on the new Mrs Khan and her biographical information ran as tickers on several channels, along with footage and pictures.
Astrologers were called in to foretell the future of the marriage; Imran and Reham’s faces were morphed onto pictures of gaudily dressed bride and groom, relatives of the couple were contacted and of course, social media also ran amok.
From following Imran Khan's sisters and issuing news of their absence at the Nikkah (journalist Shiraz Hassan aptly called it ‘Phupho Journalism’) to inviting astrologers to argue over the strength of the new union between the two individuals (going as far to predict when a khushkhabri will come); Pakistan’s media once again succumbed to the temptations of trashy sensationalism.
And once again, it has thrown light on the long way it has to go before being a beacon of real, responsible and mature journalism.
The judgmental comments on Reham Khan were expected, of course.
Privacy is an alien concept for us, ethics are only for other people to follow and everybody else's business is our business. Little wonder, then, that the marriage was made the subject of such a reaction and response.
See: Analysis: Conflict narratives and media complicity
But what was more shocking this time was how our characteristic transiency of emotions was put on display once again; a nation freshly out of the barbaric murder of 132 children less than a month ago found it easy to slip into joy. The celebratory mode espoused by the media and the obsession amongst the people was nothing less than abhorrent.
Pakistan seems to have completely internalised the norm of apathy in the form of temporary outrage and temporary grief, which are proudly flaunted in the glossy garb of 'resilience'.
I won't get into the 'how soon is too soon' debate around the Peshawar tragedy. We probably all have very different answers to that.
But is even this much not beyond debate that videos of people jumping with joy were, if not outright disgusting, at least in really bad taste?
KP, where the attack happened, is not just any province but the only province to have voted Imran into power.
Take a look: When will our news channels learn to cover tragedy?
Maybe it is too much to expect Pakistani institutions and people to put up a show of sobriety; to, for once, hold a monstrosity so close and alive in our heads and hearts, that we are able to drive a stake through it once and for all.
It is often said that USA had one 9/11 but Pakistan has one every day; yet such a spectre as was witnessed after Imran and Reham Khan’s wedding would never have been witnessed in America less than a month after 9/11.
They never forgot, and we, as always, already have.
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The author holds an MA in South Asian Studies from Columbia University, and currently teaches history and political science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences., She writes about socio-political affairs on her blog hafsakhawaja.wordpress.com.
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Jan 10, 2015 03:10pm
Irresponsible journalism and uneducated journalists; what was a routine personal affair of a couple was made miracle happening in Pakistan. I am sorry to say, one of the journalist and anchorperson of a TV show did not spare Reham Khan, his colleague and on the social media, he was publishing and airing the most personal videos of the woman, without having a single though about the woman of his own family, if some one violate the privacy of the woman of his family, what would have been his feelings. Shame on such journalist and this sort of journalism.
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Jan 10, 2015 03:15pm
Sad but true! our media channels are just like a child who want more attention than other children.
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Jan 10, 2015 03:16pm
Spot On, Hafsa!
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Jan 10, 2015 03:18pm
The author has raised a very valid point.
It is shameful for all of us.
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Jan 10, 2015 03:33pm
@Salmanj why Shame on us. Shame on them
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Jan 10, 2015 03:49pm
I think the writer is right .. Most news channels are doing what is "madari pan" (the lack of a more appropriate word) just to get the ratings .. and the worst part is they dont think much of their viewers at all .. they dont think much of the intellectual level of their viewers and no matter how sub standard their content is they just want to commercialize everything including the Holy month of Ramadan just to get some cheap publicity and make some money .. sobriety and maturity are a little too much to ask from these sensation mongers.
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Jan 10, 2015 03:50pm
Media is giving far too much importance than the real issus of ordinary Pakistanis. The print and electronic media is making what Imran wants. It unfair and unnecessary.
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Jan 10, 2015 04:22pm
Our government should devise a set of rules & policies for news channels and make sure none of them are crossing the limitations. Country's media somewhat plays a role in building the nation's perception around the world. Hence it should be regulated, professionalism shows maturitym thats it.
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Jan 10, 2015 04:32pm
It dont care whether they are playing songs or doing something else but it matter whatever media doing was only for the happiness of pakistan. It was IK marriage a "HERO OF PAK".If observe england royal marriage the atmosphere was same but the only thing that matter is how you look into thing.
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Jan 10, 2015 04:36pm
Our media is immature at best and down right vulgar and insensitive.
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Jan 10, 2015 05:09pm
Pakistan media does not have any class ,
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Jan 10, 2015 05:10pm
Live for people or live for your own but youn can't have both public life and private life
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Jan 10, 2015 05:22pm
Powerful tool in the hands of fools.
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Jan 10, 2015 05:25pm
I can see everyone blaming the MEDIA............ REALLY...... I mean Like REALLY!!!! why don't people BLAME THEMSELVES for it. If the GENERAL PUBLIC was not so much interested in CHEAP ENTERTAINMENT then surely this media would have been a lot more responsible and not doing anything which was against their norms.
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Jan 10, 2015 05:26pm
Damn true.
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Jan 10, 2015 05:36pm
I disagree with the writer. I am also surprised by the comments of some of the readers who disapprove the marriage celebrations.
Imran Khan is a celebrity. He is a Palistani hero. He was a hero when he played cricket for Pakistan. He is a hero in Pakistani politics today. When he makes speeches, he sounds very different from others. He sounds sincere, honest, and real.
It is natural that Pakistani people are happy and wanted to celebrate his marriage. They did that in their own way. I see nothing wrong about it. How can you relate Imran Khan's wedding with what happened at Peshawar school? That was a tragedy, but you cannot put on hold every thing else for ever.
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Jan 10, 2015 05:37pm
Beautiful illustration... writer your are spot on.
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Jan 10, 2015 05:48pm
This is the tragedy of 24-hour news. When you run a whole channel based on what should perhaps be a bulletin every 6-hour, this insanity is here to stay. Add unqualified and often uneducated journalists and you've the recipe of "phuppho journalism".
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Jan 10, 2015 06:00pm
And let me state here, isn't the writer and the readers doing the same what they are pointing in the others ? Please focus more on the good and ignore the bad apples.
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Jan 10, 2015 06:05pm
Media is business . Media sell their products in the form of news. They have to what people want to buy. So it is natural.
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Jan 10, 2015 06:07pm
I have been reading comments and blogs disapproving Imran Khan's wedding particularly in context to Peshawar carnage. Our hearts bleed post incident but please let us not forget, there is just 3 days of mourning allowed in our religion. It is entirely a personal matter and he is totally independent to start a new life. Not that I am a PTI worker but a human being with rational thinking. With due respect before we criticise we should foremost peek into our lives and see how much have we given up on our personal leisures post Peshawar carnage. Live and let live. Having said this cannot deny our media has to behave maturely Always!
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Jan 10, 2015 06:20pm
Rightly said!! The media is getting cheap and vulgar day by day.it was just a marriage, what was the big deal in it. Why so much obsession ??
Its true that all our grief, desperation , sorrow are temporary and short lived. We as a nation have lost humanity... Soulless nation....
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Jan 10, 2015 06:33pm
when every other news is bad news, people clutch and celebrate good news, not bothering how trivial it is.
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Jan 10, 2015 06:58pm
@Mehmood who is a real hero Imran Khan or those bomb disposal squad who today in Sindh have not had pay increase. Media should be highlighting the good work of real hero's and their issues.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:03pm
Why blame the media. Why not us hero worshippers who aspire to see a cricketer as their head of state.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:03pm
the same problem is very much same in india, the reality is this is era of "news trader", and we are customer. So ultimately these type of news for mass. This don't have sense but having good selling ability.
This ultimately depend no what we want to listen, what we want to see,and the scale is TRP. ultimately these is nothing but dam business.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:12pm
Imran needs to stop acting like a "newly wed". Splattering pictures around, giving detailed interviews to press, letting his wife take so much limelight.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:12pm
@Mehmood BLAMING the people won't do any good, it is not the people who decide what to watch but it is the media. If things were left on the people on what they want to watch and get high ratings on it then media can play baywatch as it's content and they will surely get a lot of rating.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:18pm
True and very sad article! Pakistan media is as corrupt as any other institution in Pakistan, the armed forces included, though they are a bit more professional but still serve their own agenda. Let us not be fooled, we as a nation are very vile people. Injustices to non-Muslims has never been condemned - for example even in the form of in the form of processions by ordinary (Muslim) folk. Geo (PMLN/PPP) is obsessed by Imran. His marraige is a private matter. Geo should be discussing the eradication of terrorism, economic, education, justice, etc needs of our nation instead.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:36pm
@ivehadit He never did it; of course the media people did it to get better rating. Sorry to say , the media in sub continent has become very commercial.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:49pm
Privacy is alien ?
Did you forget about western media and paparazzi culture?
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Jan 10, 2015 07:56pm
Hafsa, you aptly you have penned what I felt watching TV that day. Well done!
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Jan 10, 2015 07:57pm
pakistani journalists are Irresponsible. Only very very few are professional.
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Jan 10, 2015 07:59pm
Life goes on. If we all change our normal way of life due to a terrorist attack, the terrorists win. After 911 US showed the world that these kinds of attacks won't change their way of life. Imran Khan did the right thing respecting the loss of life by keeping Wedding simple but to expect that we all change our plans because of the terrorists is not the right response. If we do, we will encourage more attacks.....
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Jan 10, 2015 07:59pm
well Mr Khan marriage news was almost headline on Dawn news for last three weeks, i don`t know about any other news channel...
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Jan 10, 2015 08:04pm
Did you ever think that it was because of the media , the wedding was done sooner ?? Because all the gossips and bad mouthing about IKs wife.
I think the wedding and the follow up dinner with the kids ( pictures of IK sitting on the floor ) it was all OK on his part. And very heartening to see he preferred eating dinner with kids rather than throwing a lavish party. Rest is upto the media.
And if you think there is something wrong about the coverage compared to the rest ---don't forget about about paparazzi culture. They are much worse / no privacy for celebrities. Do you think there were no weddings after 911 ?
And I'm not sure what are you are complaining about?
Peshawar killing of kids -- every body mourned. And you are right -- people may have different ideas about " how much time "
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Jan 10, 2015 08:16pm
I see lots of people criticizing the wedding of Imran on pretext of Peshawar incident. My question to them is have they stopped things in life that can be construed as festivities – kids birthdays, wedding anniversaries etc.? If not than how can you criticize something that is enjoined upon us by Allah (SWT). Even the tragic incident like Peshawar shouldn’t deter us from performing a faridah by Allah (SWT). May Allah guide us all to HIS deen.
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Jan 10, 2015 08:32pm
Oh come on now. Imran Khan (yes I differ with him on politics all the time) is the closet we had for royalty. We do not have Kennedys, nor royalty like England. Imran is our only hope. The man did what he supposed to do. He married a divorced women with three children. Our idiotic cultural norms shies from marrying a divorced person. Here, this gentleman foregone his valima and celebrated with children. Beautiful example. I wish the best for this couple. I think this marriage had softened up (slightly though), the bitter image of jaloos, jalsas and dharnas. I hope this marriage would make him more responsible. People should marry publicly and not in hideous ways. Finally, Allah bless this couple for all the future time. (From a bitter opponent of IK)
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Jan 10, 2015 08:49pm
PTI get ready to see your first lady and the Captain who won Football world cup for their country in the Prime Minister House.
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Jan 10, 2015 08:56pm
Right on. It would have never happened in a proud nation like the USA. Imran Khan claims to be a leader, a public figure - yet he conducted such a shameful marketing act so close to the tragedy of Peshawar.
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Jan 10, 2015 08:59pm
@MSAlvi this is a tragedy less than a month old. Get it.
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Jan 10, 2015 09:11pm
Good one.
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Jan 10, 2015 09:32pm
True but do you want us to set and cry every day. We are sad and have cried enough. We have not and will not forget Peshawar School killing. Getting back to normal life is a good thing not bad. US have not forgotten 9/11 but at the sametime they did not satisfy the wishes of those who attacked them.
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Jan 10, 2015 09:36pm
@John just YOU are the hero buddy, your marvelous achievements make us salute you !!!
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Jan 10, 2015 09:37pm
Although I do agree with the fact that this is irresponsible journalism and has invaded the privacy of this couple on all levels, I do not see the relevance of trying to fit the Peshawar tragedy over here. Peshawar tragedy is the most outrageous and worst events that have occurred, and I wholeheartedly sympathize and empathize with the children and their parents. It is definitely a point where I felt the author digressed at.
Analysis on the marriage was being presented by all sorts of "experts" on issues if Reham Khan will be able to continue with her journalism and other personal issues. Only Reham and Imran are aware of those issues, and it should be none of our business. Our media channels can be laughed at for such stupidity. Instead, media channels should focus on actual issues and actual achievements, rather than publicizing the marriage of a popular cricketer, who also happens to be a popular politician and a heart throb amongst women.
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Jan 10, 2015 09:56pm
It shows these so called educated journalists are actually uneducated in morals,ethics and more !
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Jan 10, 2015 09:57pm
The TV media is a business and wants to make money…so they sell whatever they think will sell.
But we ought to for just one moment consider that Reham Khan "played the game " herself by getting on the morning shows and PONTIFICATING about this or that. In addition we must accept that if you want to live in a public bubble then you simply cannot complain about being seen or talked about for what you are or appear to be or have been prior to the present time. Imran himself TEASED the public about this topic of his marriage in his public speeches and in his interviews.
So the TV media was just 1/3rd of the hoopla , Reham Khan-( her past ) and Imran Khan were the other 2/3rds.
The MILKING of this story by the Media is not over JUST YET…………Dr. Shahid Masood has indicated that he will be RELEASING more INFO on this story and I am sure the Social Media is not going to quit.
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Jan 10, 2015 10:29pm
Media is about money sensationism sells IK has been hounded by these hounds all his life he is a veteran at media management the majority of the public respect admire and support him and wish the couple the best of luck
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Jan 10, 2015 10:29pm
The media was wrong for doing the character assinination of Ms Reham. But for them to merry, and the well wishers to celebrate was perfectly fine. Who told you after 9/11 America stop calibrating. Actually it was the other way around, president Bush asked people on the next day in a speach to the nation to go on with your daily life and asked them to go to shoping malls and increase your spending so the economy does not go into recession. That 9/11 was followed by the huge celebration of American football
world cup watched by over 120 millions Amiricans, and baseball world cup.
when 9/11 happened they just did not sit and cry, they did start doing APC every other day, they started actions with in 16 hours the American special forcess were in Afghanistan hunting for the perpetrators, on the home run people were getting togather to help. Thousand of young men and women were getting in line to inlist in the army in thousand of recruiting centers around the country, rich and poor every one wanted to serve the country. You may remember the football player who letter died in Afghanistan left a 10 millions dollors contract serve his country as a soldier in the Army. People young and old volunteer across the country to donate or raise the money for the victims of 9/11.
S this how a nation respond to the tragedy, not the way you think or suggest.
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Jan 10, 2015 10:50pm
Why are we blaming the media alone, these two individuals kept everything under wrap until they wanted to, news of the marriage started coming at the end of November, it was not like this that one day they met next day he proposed and third day they married, the couple in question took their time to decide and all this while they managed the secrecy element and besides at that time they very cleverly were able to create the ruse of The Dharna of the century and people were waiting and hoping for New Pakistan so very foolishly including me and my family. Media gave it too much attention than it deserved and I think that also happened because the way it unfolded or was made to unfold on purpose. The author here is not only pointing to the unprofessional attitude of the media handling but she has also pointed out the insensitivity of how it surfaced regarding the Peshawar incident. In my view point only media is not to be blamed but the Pakistani society in whole should be blamed for an irresponsible reaction to something which was blown out of proportion, when the individual who claims to be a very popular leader was not bothered to go ahead with the ceremonies big or small then why blame the common people for dancing on the streets.
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Jan 10, 2015 11:04pm
I feel sorry for the fact that the background music was not from Pakistan, they were playing all Indian music, I guess we are lagging in every field. This is moment of happiness and celebrity do get such receptions
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Jan 10, 2015 11:09pm
Glad you wrote this.
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Jan 10, 2015 11:29pm
Why is every one surprised at Pakistan media's performance. Why should the media be any different. What is working in Pakistan the way it should.
Jinnah must be turning in his grave at what we have become.
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Jan 10, 2015 11:30pm
Generally well said, but why do you say: "a nation freshly out of the barbaric murder of 132 children less than a month ago found it easy to slip into joy"? The *nation* did not slip into joy by any means--only the TV channels and Imran Khan's supporters (who are thinning out by the day). It was an outrage that IK so cheerfully declared that he would give his good news to "the nation." Most of the nation is not his fan and I imagine is still stunned by this horrible, horrible tragedy that happened a few weeks ago. I know I am and like you I find this cheap sensationalism extremely distasteful.
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Jan 10, 2015 11:31pm
Excellent Narrative Ms. Khawaja, our society is tormented and disoriented... neither we know how to celebrate our happy occassion nor we know how to mourn.... We react too much thats our main fault.... Journalism in Pakistan at this point of time is at its lowest... This is happening coz journalism has been over shadowed by media houses and media houses only sells what is sell-able.... What i mean from my remarks society is disoriented is that we have been misguided by the very same media.... our education system is flawed and adding to that live streaming of the news channels are adding up to our misery... I hope that due to some seasoned journalist and upcoming intellectual minds like yours we can overcome this habbit of sensationalism .....
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Jan 10, 2015 11:43pm
still have to play Indian music, nothing better than that.
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Jan 10, 2015 11:43pm
@Mehmood
I blame India.
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Jan 11, 2015 12:29am
@ivehadit In case you didn't notice, Imran is newly married. And like any newly married person he deserves the attention. The fact that he happens to be a high profile personality in Pakistan, will obviously lead to people talking about his marriage and his life in general. There is only so much he can do to control his popularity. Uppar wala jab dehta hai, to chapar par kar deyta hai!
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Jan 11, 2015 12:35am
@ivehadit while I don't really care if he is married or divorced the truth of the matter is that we in general are a very nosy lot. A counter argument could be that why are u looking at the pictures?? He has not done anything wrong by getting married and u will move on from this to something else by tomorrow. Learn to live and let live and stop commenting on non stories!!
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Jan 11, 2015 12:38am
'Privacy is an alien concept for us, ethics are only for other people to follow and everybody else's business is our business. Little wonder, then, that the marriage was made the subject of such a reaction and response'............so very true
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Jan 11, 2015 12:38am
A lot of folks are complaining that the media is vulgar and cheap!! Wow how come no one cried when the media was broadcasting his dharna 24/7? As a leader i think he is a fool but what he does in his personal life is none of my business!
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Jan 11, 2015 01:03am
@MSAlvi you misunderstood the whole article. Read it again
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Jan 11, 2015 02:03am
That cult -ure
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Jan 11, 2015 02:35am
It is extremely difficult to watch Pakistani news channels in the normal days and it becomes even profoundly painful to flip through a channel by mistake. Common sense does not even exist in their vocabulary what to talk of any sense or ethics. ....just pathetic bunch of pseudo journalists have gathered. Gone are the good old days of PTV that was once a real institute of art, drama and journalism. Alas PTV too has succumbed to mediocrity.
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Jan 11, 2015 03:07am
i do not agree with what this author has written.
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Jan 11, 2015 03:50am
Pakistan, its authors included, has a tendency to compare everything with someone (in this one America never forgot 9/11) no matter how outlandish or incomparable or egotistical it is most of the time. It is no wonder that the country is still facing an identity and an ideology crisis 67 years after independence/partition.
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Jan 11, 2015 07:26am
Great article. Comments from IK supporters yet again highlight the dangers of personality cults; he can do no wrong. The Peshawar incident is an a shameful failure of the KPK government compounded by an apathy and refusal of IK to accept any responsibility for it. Then there is a refusal to sign the military court bill to save their hides. The marriage before the chaaleeswan is the final nail in the coffin. These decisions are the worst failures of leadership from PTI in the recent past. And yet the mesmerized followers see no wrong.
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Jan 11, 2015 07:44am
Extremely well written and , regrettably, so true.
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Jan 11, 2015 08:08am
A very good piece of writing ; free from all biases and emotions. The article is based purely on logical arguments. Happy to see a sensible person after such a long time.
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Jan 11, 2015 08:31am
At the height of the Kerbala tragedy matrimony was as much in attendance Why the hypocrisy here?
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Jan 11, 2015 10:20am
Ma'am you have nailed it. Your last two paragraphs are right on! Sad and true.
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Jan 11, 2015 10:40am
for every pakistani who is lamenting about the media there, indian media will compare poorly when compared to pakistan media . atleast u have the dawn whose articles i love for its unbiased reports. we dont have single newspaper who r neither muslim apologists nor right wing . very difficult to know what is truth in india. atleast with media , u guys seem to be better off
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Jan 11, 2015 11:25am
We all say that shame on media...and blah blah....but remember we are the ones who make the rating of these news channels go rocketing high. All the families who saw the channels were says,,,,,they are looking so nice.....the purple dress is the one I wore on my wedding. and all the sick gossip. Bottom line is to stop watching these channels before you criticize them.
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Jan 11, 2015 12:04pm
Before we go on criticizing media for unprofessionalism, we should also see that if somebody is behaving like an attention seeker at this age and creating ambiguity through confused statements then both sides are to be blamed. We as a society do not remain in our limits, it is time that we act according to what we preach all the time.
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Jan 11, 2015 12:10pm
I think it's wrong to connect the Peshawar massacre with anything else - even if it is the biggest news of this year - IK/RK marriage. Military courts, death by hanging, fight against terror, this will all go on, and there will be more terror attacks and more half-baked theories to solve the problem. Life goes on. And it's not like IK spent all that much time in KPK any case even before the massacre. Actions towards fighting terror have been bad, IK getting married or not getting married is not going to change that!
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Jan 11, 2015 01:29pm
Author is just student, she has great future. Good wishes to her
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Jan 11, 2015 01:53pm
Absolutely right. There is no check and balance, monitoring or code of conduct for Pakistani media, and yeah there conduct is disgusting. But the question is who is going to hold the media back? who is going to train them? PEMRA is almost dead. What an average Pakistani citizen can do to rationalize the media? Can we play any role?
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Jan 11, 2015 02:14pm
I acknowledge that media is not the one to be blamed. It's the audience that desires entertainment at every moment. What else do u expect from media to raise its rating?
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Jan 11, 2015 03:15pm
Do you good people really believe your media is any worse than that of the West which has a far worse culture of sensationalism, half truths, bias and revels in celebrity culture regardless of what horrors are going on around them.
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Jan 11, 2015 03:24pm
It is our bad luck that we are living in third word country. Here is complete yellow journalism in every mater of life .They doesn't
know the important but only important is their own channels Masala news .PL Regards every persons' It is not only for News
Chanel Yet Specially PML & PTI Both
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Jan 11, 2015 04:43pm
100% agreed !! , It was actually quite shameful ..
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Jan 12, 2015 01:24am
@Maqs No sir,totaly inappropriate celeberation
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Jan 12, 2015 01:28am
@Abdul kadir Hero of Pakistan?In what sense,I am at loss to understand
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Jan 12, 2015 03:48am
It's digusting to see our media right now.'sometimes the 'freedom' is abused and Pakistani news channels are the perfect example. When you're watching live footage of massacred children or issues or nation/international importance and on one side of the screen you have a dancing cell phone and a supari advertisement on the bottom, it says a lot about our media. Irresponsible and disgusting
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Jan 12, 2015 05:54am
I support Imran getting married. From religious point of view 3 days is set for grief.......................
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Jan 12, 2015 05:57am
Spot on. I couldn't have chosen the words better.
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Jan 12, 2015 07:24am
Let our media make every news a BREAKING news!!!! kaisa dia?
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Jan 12, 2015 08:18am
Imran has been married since November. He just did it publicly now since he wanted attention diverted from his failure in KPK with the Peshawar tragedy!
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Jan 12, 2015 08:24am
No one blamed India/USA/Israel for this yet ?? Surprising....
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Jan 12, 2015 08:32am
I personally feel, Mr Khan should have waited a little longer before posing in a sherwani. His dharna caused a few fatalities due to clashes between the regime and the protestors and one of the victims was suppose to get married in a few days before his death. The leaders should be sensitive about their followers. Out of all the times why Khan picked such a tragic time for the nation is beyond me. This casts serious doubts about his sincerity to making a naya Pakistan. Maybe he mad himself a naya pakistan by getting married and maybe sent a signal to his followers to do the same.
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Jan 12, 2015 09:12am
@Tranquil Who is going to watch class ? What is the proportion of class in the mass ?
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Jan 12, 2015 09:19am
Great Article an d truely picked up STUPIDITY of IMMATURE Journalists in Pakistan. Author is commendable to put feelings of millions so eloquently in a civilized manner. I wish Imran Khan read this article. Imran Khan should have instructed all to keep his marriage out of lime light in hounouring the victims of Peshawer which he failed to do.
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Jan 12, 2015 09:21am
@Hasnain, They are like Monket got a knife......
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Jan 12, 2015 09:25am
@Tariq, Lahore, Watching our media make me vomit. They are so immature and NOT Journalistic. They do not know how to broadcast a news especially field reporters. Field Reporters tell news like 12 year old kids on a street corner in Laloo Kaith or Landhi/ Korangi, Karachi.
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Jan 12, 2015 10:03am
the blame on media is more because they have more responsibility on their shoulders in a country where literacy rate is one of the lowest.If IK is National celebrity, the killing of 150 innocent people is a National tragedy, how we can forget all that so early and starts celebrating things joyously. Even Nikah is Masnoon, its good news, but i see no reason to celebrate it over-joyously after such a short span of happening of such great tragic event. have we nothing better to do with ours and others lives than to celebrate a wedding of a celebrity?
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Jan 12, 2015 10:30am
Rightly said! Our media went crazy over Imran Khan's wedding. Every channel was discussing the wedding. It was disgusting.
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Jan 12, 2015 10:44am
damn true
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Jan 12, 2015 11:28am
@MSAlvi Sadly all the dignified 'national leader' could have done was release.... A PICTURE and A Short statement announcing the wedding, rather than the dulha dulhan pics and following day's 'kindness' pics of feeding orphans and 'together interviews' on TV!!!
Nobody was asking Imran Khan to put his personal life on hold forever....but at least act dignified to say the least in the wake of a national tragedy.
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Jan 12, 2015 11:29am
Well written article.
Sadly all the dignified 'national leader' could have done was release.... A PICTURE and A Short statement announcing the wedding, rather than the dulha dulhan pics and following day's 'kindness' oriented pics of feeding orphans and 'together interviews' on TV!!!
Nobody was asking Imran Khan to put his personal life on hold forever....but at least act dignified to say the least in the wake of a national tragedy.
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Jan 12, 2015 02:07pm
Spot on
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Jan 12, 2015 05:54pm
This happens every where in the world where any celebrity gets married but our media needs to learn how the privacy is respected else where. I still remember Umar Akmal when a journalist asked him on wedding day whether it was an arranged marriage or love marriage.
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Jan 13, 2015 09:08am
This is what Pakistan likes to watch. If such things are not significant in ratings they would never publish it.
I dont watch any news channel, just read news here occasionally. I am always fascinated when all the people say against a news channel and that news channel happens to be in top. Now if all condemn it who watches it?
its like patriotic debates every one seems like great patriot and deep thinker and when the time comes they have answers like this " my tribe voted for that person so I did it too/my father said that so I did it/ that man constructed a road in my village so I voted for him" etc.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:05pm
How about lavish break fast ( reported by all the TV channels) at the cost public money, on 2nd Jan. 2015, after which the constitutional amendment is voted
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Jan 13, 2015 02:34pm
Very well written....Author does an excellent job of highlighting the sorry state of Journalism in Pakistan
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