Segments from daydreams of local TV anchors
What 'making it' means in Pakistani media.
Nadeem F. Paracha
Published
December 15, 2016
Disclaimer: This article is categorised as satire.
Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com. He is also the author of two books on the social history of Pakistan, End of the Past and The Pakistan Anti-Hero.
He tweets @NadeemfParacha
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ABCD
Dec 15, 2016 10:42am
Nadeem Bhai, you really rock.
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ak
Dec 15, 2016 10:44am
Sawed it!!!!
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Princess_of_DHUMP
Dec 15, 2016 10:45am
Hahaha@LTV
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Hamid shafiq
Dec 15, 2016 10:45am
hahahahaha
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Akram
Dec 15, 2016 10:49am
Crrruncch!!! NFP ones again squeezes the nonsense out of TV's conspiracy theorists. This time preying on their fantasies. LOL! Loved it!!
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Saadat
Dec 15, 2016 10:47am
LTV :P
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Ali
Dec 15, 2016 10:55am
Lol
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SHarry Mann
Dec 15, 2016 10:56am
Its tight slap on those T.V Anchors who are exaggerating issues for selling News. Some of T.V Anchors think that they are policy maker of Pakistan and they should only be followed by Gov.
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Ahmad
Dec 15, 2016 10:58am
NFP tears into the delusions of TV news channels in his own unique style of satire. :D
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Arif Maroof
Dec 15, 2016 11:08am
Media is a fastest growing business in Pakistan.
And anchors are in business of ratings. What else to expect.
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Raw is war
Dec 15, 2016 11:19am
Nadeem bhai, leave the goris alone.
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Marvi
Dec 15, 2016 11:32am
Viola!
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Ghinva Raza
Dec 15, 2016 11:36am
cannot stop laughing!!! hilarious
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Sajid Sajjad Abbasi
Dec 15, 2016 11:43am
Awesome
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VLP
Dec 15, 2016 12:07pm
What is LTV???
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Noor
Dec 15, 2016 12:18pm
LTV :p
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ALISID
Dec 15, 2016 12:47pm
laang live TV anchor
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observer
Dec 15, 2016 01:08pm
Paksitan on Mars?
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Sensible Pakistani
Dec 15, 2016 01:13pm
Nailed it !!
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sasindran ayadakandiyil
Dec 15, 2016 01:13pm
We had one in India till recently in a prominent channel who is ARMY/NAVY/AF chiefs combined alongwith Pes., PM, and Chief Justice, ALL ROLLED INTO ONE, who implies he can take on 'ENEMY' just by using his tounge ( heard that 'NEVER, EVER EVER?'.....etched in STONE! )
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RIZ
Dec 15, 2016 01:28pm
LTV??
interesting,,,
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Careless Whispers
Dec 15, 2016 01:34pm
Zabardast as usual... u nailed it :)
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Goga Nalaik
Dec 15, 2016 02:19pm
Refreshing as usual...
Hahaha...
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imran
Dec 15, 2016 02:30pm
Nadeem bhai'
Bravo!!
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The_Truth
Dec 15, 2016 02:43pm
NFP is best. HAHA
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usman salim
Dec 15, 2016 02:43pm
where are you going?
America hahahhaha
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TKhan
Dec 15, 2016 03:05pm
Kudos to NFP.
Eye Opener for TV anchors who invite the guests to speak, but never let them speak. But then guests are so incoherent that it is good that they don't speak.
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Tariq, Lahore
Dec 15, 2016 03:49pm
Breaking news.....PM, NS resigns!
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PalaDIN
Dec 15, 2016 03:54pm
LMAO! Loved it NFP!! Ace article!!!
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Leo
Dec 15, 2016 04:04pm
SUPER !!!
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Basit Ali
Dec 15, 2016 04:07pm
TV anchors na ho to life would be so cool
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Leo
Dec 15, 2016 04:12pm
I simply love NFPs sense of humour..."my next play will be with TV anchor" hahaha!!
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AHA
Dec 15, 2016 04:19pm
Ha.
You are great. as ever!
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Imran
Dec 15, 2016 04:46pm
The really funny thing is that you actually have to put a disclaimer in the end. I suppose it is just in case some TV anchor does'nt get it.
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Skepsis
Dec 15, 2016 05:08pm
Will it ever make a difference to our crazy crazy anchorkind?
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Muhammad ALi
Dec 15, 2016 05:16pm
I so wanted to blurt it out against these anchors, NFP just did it better than/for me
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Afzal Mahmood
Dec 15, 2016 07:07pm
Nadeem Sir great analysis
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Ashish
Dec 15, 2016 08:19pm
@SHarry Mann Its tight slap on those T.V Anchors who are exaggerating issues for selling News. Some of T.V Anchors think that they are policy maker of India and they should only be followed by Gov.
See how similar we are :)
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nasiroski
Dec 15, 2016 08:24pm
Masterpiece
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Bilal Dogar
Dec 15, 2016 08:41pm
ROFL!!!
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abdul qadir bastaki
Dec 15, 2016 08:54pm
@SHarry Mann .Yes I agree. If you watch Talk shows you can easily understand who these anchors are
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Kashif Iqbal
Dec 15, 2016 10:48pm
You should do a article on Doctors who became TV anchors
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faisal
Dec 15, 2016 11:14pm
Hahahahahah......
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Imran
Dec 16, 2016 03:50am
Hilarious as always
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Moona
Dec 16, 2016 08:10am
Yes, we've had enough of them!
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Talha
Dec 16, 2016 11:01pm
Nice satire. Chirri baba should not be very happy after reading this.
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Karachi Wala
Dec 17, 2016 07:04am
One after the other - NFP's criticism is hillarious
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