The Bureau chief demand for
security and said submit twenty thousand rupees to the office, after three
months probation I will refund your money and some time. Then we start your
salary. But I worked with him for two and half years, but the so-called Bureau
chief did not refund my payment, nor release my salary.
Yesterday I demanded salary and the bureau chief kick out me from office. In the
current situation, what should I do, ask a young boy who sits with my friend in
his office.
I had seen him so many times working as a reporter and as camera person in the
field. So many blasts he covered for his TV channel.
It's real been an amazing to know about the truth. I thought that boy getting a
salary from office, but he worked without salary. I asked him why you pay the
money to your immediate boss. The boy replied I wanted to become a journalist
and fond of the TV screen. That’s why I pay money also I want to contribute some
money to my family
It's the story of twenty years old ihtsham who wants to become a journalist to
get money for their family and join professional career but, unfortunately, his
face the bad face of journalism. When I asked him what your opinion about
journalist community is, will you work more in the field of journalism? The
answer was negative.
According to ihtsham he is not the only person who faces fraud. More than six
people he knows who was targeted from the same person.
The rise of electronic media in Pakistan start competition not only in the
management of TV channel but also the glamour of TV screen attracts youth to
electronic media. Whose wants to see their self as TV anchor, journalist. That's
why mostly young wants to electronic media to become a Journalist.
Currently, more than 49 TV channels working in Pakistan mostly are a news
channel. The owners of these channels are different people they invest money for
getting money, so they are working as the business, even they don't have any
experience of news, but they hired a professional journalist for their work and
they are successful in the field of journalism. But some people didn't get the
professional staff so they are working as businessman mind.
A broadcast journalist Aftab Ahmed said on the issue of fraudulent people in the
field of journalism "good and bad people are everywhere, but one thing which is
unfortunate rise the fraud and fake journalist rise, compare to the ten years
back situations. It's because of booming or broadcast journalism. Everyone wants
a shortcut and through journalism, so many fraudulent people become richer.
That’s why it's an easy way to get money and fame.
So they join journalism field, but its affect not only youth but also a
professional’s journalist, because everyone thought that all people are same,
which affect the quality of journalism also".
A Senior Journalist Abid Khan, who has experience of Print and electronic media,
reply about the current situation, that’s its same way of Print media people get
cured of any third class News Paper & TV channel, and they are running their own
business. Mostly people worried about police in our society, that’s why people
use these cards for their protection.
According to Abid Khan, some Black Mailer gets TV channel Bureau or News Paper
to show the community that they have the power of Media and they are selling
their TV or News Paper name of Common people.
So people getting cards from TV channel or News Paper and they put “ Press “ or
Newspaper or TV Channel name of their vehicle and they use it for their own
purposes. Even in our society, the real journalists have money to buy a Bike,
mostly Journalists only feed their Family.
Abid Khan Added more that these types of people mostly go everywhere to show the
presence in the field, mostly covert police related program, they are not only
getting the attention of the Police but also for locals. So they later use these
contacts for getting money from local, because local seen them with police or
political people and community thoughts, that’s they are real people. But they
are fake Journalists and they use the name of the journalist community to get
interesting, but, in the long run, they are damaging the journalist community.