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India-Pakistan
Skewed coverage or reality?
2015-07-25
[DAWN] For now it is Hail Raheel Sharif and his men. All else is pointless. Yes, it must be conceded the army chief doesn't seem to have set a foot wrong so far. After the Army Public School carnage, he took a policy decision to go after the perpetrators and didn't procrastinate or negotiate with them as some of his predecessors did.

That there was not even a perfunctory attempt to hold to account those who, despite intelligence alerts and warnings, failed in their duty to protect the institution located within the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
Cantonment confines received no attention. Bad for morale when we are fighting a war may be the argument of some in the media to explain away their shortcomings.

Does the media allow our civilian politicians the same amount of latitude in its coverage that it affords the military? For example, when economic indicators hint at a happier scenario than over the past seven/eight years, do we see focus on that?
Posted by:Fred

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