BIASED PAKISTANI MEDIA

Pakistani TV channels recently are criticizing a student union from Punjab University because some of the students from the union pelt stones over Voice Chancellor’s office in Punjab University. One TV channel specially highlighted the incident and taunted the student union in particular whereas various guests including political leaders, teachers and other personalities were invited to a program which was specially designed on the issue and all the personalities castigated the union because they all belonged to opposite parties of the student union. They said that the students from the union intentionally pelt stones over the VC office whereas the situation is totally different.

De facto the student union showed its aggression because one of the members of the union was shot dead a few days ago who was sitting at a hotel and as it is said that every action has a reaction, the student union reacted after losing its member and we know that aggression is a natural thing. People everywhere in the world show their aggression after any mishaps they face in which they either lose someone or their belongings are hit or damaged. Aggression arouses people to riot and they burn buses and other properties either governmental or private in order to cope with their rage.

Doubtless, the students should not have pelt stones over the VC office and held their rage but is it justification to castigate the student union again and again? Is it the first incident in which students did so? Such incidents have been taking place in the past by various political parties’ student unions not only in Punjab University but in various universities and will be taking place in future possibly but has someone ever listened that Pakistani TV channels have highlighted other parties’ student unions in this way? I believe not! Because this union never attacks on such TV channels’ offices whereas other student unions know how to tackle such TV channels and they attack, even fire on such TV channels. This is the reason that Media channels in Pakistan are biased.

There are a lot of incidents that students from various student unions humiliated and manhandled teachers in University of Karachi but no programs were aired concerning the issues because the channels knew that they could not take a risk as they thought their lives depended on those student unions or their parties. On the other hand, teachers themselves have lost their respect because if teachers like Professor Iftikhar Baloch (who was involved in harassing and assaulting girls sexually in Punjab University) exists, students will surely forget to respect them and incidents to manhandle the teachers will be taking place!