The Urdu media doesn’t want to play the role that it could in bringing political awareness to our middle classes.
PESHAWAR: Khaled Ahmed’s article “How reliable is ‘voice of the people’?” (October 17) is excellent — as always. Government in countries such as ours, sometimes have to take decisions that turn out to be unpopular — and this then gives the establishment the opportunity to bring the elected government down. Further, political parties in opposition act in a very opportunistic manner and instead of realising that their own interest lies in furthering democracy, tend to act in cahoots with the establishment. This is a vicious circle we are caught up in as a nation. Unfortunately, the Urdu media is pro status quo and doesn’t want to play the role that it could in bringing political awareness to our middle classes.
Khalid Aziz
Published in The Express Tribune, October 19th, 2010.
