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September 2, 2013 By Haroon Baloch Referring to one of important speech-recordings of founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, which he delivered on Pakistan’s day of birth, 14th August 1947 in Karachi, he undoubtedly preached the nation for respecting all faiths and beliefs, and tolerance for each others’ religions. Jinnah said, “The tolerance and goodwill great emperor Akbar showed to all the non-Muslims is not of recent origin. It dates back thirteen centuries ago when our Prophet (PBUH), not only by words and by deeds treated the Jews and Christians handsomely after he had conquered them.” He further said, “Prophet ensured to them the utmost tolerance, regard and respect for their faiths and beliefs.” These lines uttered by Quaid-e-Azam are extracted from recently disclosed speech-recording of All India Radio (AIR), which has been decided by Indian government to hand over to Pakistan after a formal request made by the former Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporatio...

August 17, 2013 By Haroon Baloch The Islamabad standoff on the eve of August 15th was not only a criminal confrontation but at the same time it also exposed Pakistan media when it comes to journalism of ethics in Pakistan. Life of electronic media, particularly news channels in Pakistan, spins around good rating a nd in the pursuit of these ratings; I’ve seen anchors like Maya Khan chasing dates in public parks, fiercely harming the public morality. Stories of such TV shows are countless where anchors and/or reporters breach the redline of ethical journalism. While covering contemporary issues as a TV reporter, I experienced instances on routine basis where race of breaking the news leaves a journalist far behind and drags him or her to be a runner in any arena. Interestingly, the time of Islamabad standoff on 15th August marked the silver jubilee of the darkest day of the German press. Exact twenty-five years back on 16th August in the wee hour, two burglars Hans-Jü...