Pakistani prominent anchor Gharida Farooqi found it costly to talk about the performance of the Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed in her program ‘G For Gharida’.
It all started when Gharida Farooqi and the guests invited to her program were talking about the award given to the ministries by the government of Pakistan in which Murad Saeed’s ministry was at the top of the list.
However, the discussion during the program drew backlash and since then, Gharida Farooqi is trending on social media. It should be noted that the aforesaid hashtag has the support of some prominent journalists including the ruling party and its ministers.
This kind of loose talk can never be classified as journalism https://t.co/gxiSQnpTUU
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) February 11, 2022
When the gutter becomes mainstream for a few moments of infamy and titillation. Most unfortunate. https://t.co/zSGt7oLbSl
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) February 12, 2022
How pathetic… is this #journalism? This is the trash being churned out by the media in #Pakistan. Shameless innuendos being used to reflect their own pathetic and dirty minds. Shame of the participants sitting there and contributing to such derogatory nonsense. @reportpemra https://t.co/gH4GRprjtN
— Ameer Raza Jamali (@Ameer_R_Jamali) February 11, 2022
If this is the kind of discourse projected on mainstream media, that too by ‘practicioners & experts’, it necessitates:
➖ Adoption of legal standpoint over such kind of subliminal messaging.
➖ Re-examination of our priorities when it comes to psy ops through media https://t.co/wGBmBUS8H9
— Haleema Khalid (@Ms_HKS) February 11, 2022
آزادی صحافت پر ایک اور حملہ، سچ دکھانا جرم بن گیا کیبل آپریٹرز کو فون کر کے نیوز ون کی نشریات روکنے کی شدید الفاظ میں مزمت کرتا ہوں، اس طرح کی حرکات سے میڈیا کو دبانے کی کوششیں ناکام ہو گی آزادی صحافت پر حملہ کسی صورت برداشت نہیں کیا جائے گا۔@GFarooqi @Tariqmahmood76 pic.twitter.com/e2ASXVD0Zo
— Syed Agha Rafiullah (@SyedAghaPPP) February 11, 2022
