Media watch: WikiLeaks and the future

Media discuss the impact WikiLeaks will have to dealings between governments; whether it will change anything or not.

Media watch is a daily round-up of key articles featured on news websites, hand-picked by The Express Tribune web staff.

The persecution of Julian Assange

One view holds that it is actually the coming of rude sayings and dark doings into people’s knowledge that is dreaded; that the leaks are a target of rulers’ wrath because in many cases they expose connivance and collusion by states big and small in political crimes against victims that now also include Yemeni civilians and Honduran peasants, and they may provide people with insight into how many of our “shared problems” were created in the first place – behind the veil of secrecy; that the leaks are indeed dangerous because they might give people “ideas”. (thenews.com.pk)

Of leaks and repairs

Wikileaks has opened up a Pandora’s Box of candid revelations of no-holds-barred communications that were never intended for public exposure. But now that they have been roundly aired, some things are bound to change. What will change first of all is the way business is conducted between governments and between governments and their diplomats posted worldwide.  (dailytimes.com.pk)

And WikiLeaks go on

WikiLeaks have had many consequences, and one of them has been that Pakistani politicians have been shown as dependent on the USA, and seeking its favour. Pakistani politicians have apparently forgotten that the people of Pakistan strongly oppose the USA’s policies for their anti-Muslim nature, particularly because of their support for the illegal occupiers of Kashmir and Palestine, and their direct occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.  (nation.com.pk)

Why go cry to the US?

What one expects from the DCC is that it would provide the government and military leaders with a forum where they can resolve their differences instead of taking them to foreign dignitaries which is not in consonance with national dignity. Perhaps the meetings of the DCC have been less frequent than was required for removing the mistrust prevailing between the two sides. (pakistantoday.com.pk)