Media Watch

Journalist Detained, Asked about Hamid Mir, Bangladesh | Media Watch

Exclusive | While the world celebrates Press Freedom Day this week, Pakistani journalist recounts being picked up by security forces in an ordeal he calls "torturous."
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Media Watch | Our Biased Opinions

Pro-war sentiments in Pakistani English-language papers has stifled debate.
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“I cannot speak openly” | Voices from North Waziristan

Media coverage has been biased, says North Waziristan journalist Fida Khan Wazir.
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#BadNewsBears: A Media Fail List

Jul 2014

It's #BadNewsBears out there. Tanqeed editors round up some of recent media fails of coverage of the military operation on North Waziristan.
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میڈیا واچ | سرکار کی آنکھ سے

آپریشن ضرب عضب کی رپورٹنگ میں اردو اخبارات کا انحصار سرکاری ذرائع پر ہے۔


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Media Watch | Pak Press Covers Civilian Govt Unlike Foreign Press

Jul 02.2014 - Unlike the Pakistani press, the international press has continued to rely very heavily on state-security sources. In fact, state-civilian sources are cited just 15 percent of the time.
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Media Watch | Jingoism in the Media

Jul 2014

There is high tolerance for state violence without giving much thought to the death and destruction it causes.
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