Twitter Alert: Support Ansar Abbasi campaign kicks off
According to the Twitter rumour-mill, a column of Abbasi's that did not make the publishing cut was published by news portal Saach.tv wherein he spoke about the clout of cable operators in Pakistan in influencing news channels, certain anchorpersons and journalists into not discussing the illegal airing of Indian channels in Pakistan
Lambasting vulgar and obscene content on television, Abbasi's column also talked about cable operators pressurising the aforementioned parties into not covering/reporting on the Supreme Court case proceedings regarding a petition filed by ex-Amir of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, and Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed of the Supreme Court.
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Muhammad Umar Farooq
#SupportAnsarAbbasi for obscenity/vulgarity free media in pakistan.
Ali.choudhry
Fake Liberals trying to Corrupt our Society with their Corrupt mind/Characters . Save Pakistan #SupportAnsarAbbasi
hazrat bilal
Even in US thr r strict laws abt wt can b shown on prime time TV. Secular doesn't mean throwing obscenity in ppl's face#SupportAnsarAbbasi
Ahmed Baloch
#SupportAnsarAbbasi Because he has every right to express his views, media censorship is not acceptable.
Syed Sohail Ali
Boldness on TV is not spreading awareness. It's a conspiracy to further damage the deteriorating morality in #Pakistan
Yes We Khan
#SupportAnsarAbbasi We have social media to propogate the Kallama-e-Haq of Ansar Media and you can't censor it!
ibrahim chaudhry
ur media owners r tempted & forget judgment day whn everything comes out openly. If you want to success in judgment day#SupportAnsarAbbasi
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Freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental rights that individuals enjoy.I am of the opinion that Mr. Ansar has the equal right like any one else in the land of pure.We must condemned the Media houses and all those who are creating hurdles in the way of freedom of thought and its expression . "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it". Voltaire
doesnt matter , TV is outdated :)
Please provide links to tv channels showing such programmes, as a newspaper you should always provide links for the readers to determine what is being said and against whom
It is pathetic that ansar abbasi is facing a blackout for saying HAQ... Im not against progression and media, but do we have to manufacture obscene and filthy content for ratings...y cant we more focus on improving the quality of entertainment for ratings instead of going against our social norms...
Ahmed Baloch #SupportAnsarAbbasi Because he has every right to express his views, media censorship is not acceptable.
Ah the delicious irony. Ansar Abbasi has a RIGHT to be published. Rejecting his article amounts to media censorship. Yet the same Ansar Abbasi's article is advocating what? ah yes - media censorship.
I wonder if people who rail against 'vulgarity' would be more at home in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia?