Democracy and terrorism
From the Blog mehmal“Liberal newspaper *Express Tribune* cowed into silence by Pakistani Taliban,” reads a headline of The Guardian. Those of us in the media had of course heard about a policy shift after a second attack on Express’s Karachi offices last year and now it is out in the open as well. It is tragic that a liberal newspaper had to take such measures because they feel they are on their own and no one is willing to protect them. Senior journalist Imtiaz Alam, who hosts two weekly programmes on state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) and two weekly programmes on private TV channel Express News, says that everyone in the media should put up a united front to counter these threats. “*Express Tribune* is under serious threat because of its consistent radical position. They have been terrorised ipakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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