I just came back recently from Canada, decided for CSS 2008, with hardly two months time in my pocket but a lot of files stacked up high in my room...I thought the best course to start will be from the current affairs i.e. our enlightened or shall I say pesimistic newspapers!!<br />
I thought journalism has a few responsibilities, one imparting current news with accuracy yet factual description of events without addition or subtraction as per the reporters wish par say!! second, influential editorials without using such vocabulary which the reader would require a dictionary in order to first rummage, then understand and then try to make sense of the whole lot of sentences (after all effective communication is about people understanding in their first reading), and third last but not the least keeping our ideology alive!<br />
I am really disappointed because whenever in the morning I open the newspapers it is the same stuff.....Yes our country has a lot of cons but it is definately not without pros either...my question is why is our media embarassing us in front of the whole world?? every country has problems but our media is the first one to portray such a disastrous picture of Pakistan that foriegners are literally considering us as the most unpredictable, unsafe and dangerous country in the world.<br />
By the way, when did we start putting flowers infront of pictures as a symbol of respect??(see pictures of children putting flowers and candles infront of everyone knows who) yes we had a national loss, but why forget our ideology?? was nt it an issue when children were supposed to pay regards in front of Gandhi's picture which later was described in every historic book of ours as a protest? now we see a huge change....why are we getting further and further from our ideology? <br />
I am sorry, I do beleive that our media is really responsible to create such an image that we feel ashamed going abroad..not to mention even in TV and documentaries they are only exhibiting slums in Karachi or Lahore. I would request everyone to be optimistic, beleive in ourselves in Pakistan....in our leaders...yes it will take time to build our confidence but with due optimism I am positive it will happen.<br />
I hope for the future of Pakistan but I do beleive we will get out of all Negative circumstances afterall we have been able to survive amidst all pressures in the past...<br />
I do not know how far I will be successful in CSS but I can nly say that atleast I have tried to be part of this system therefore I ave a right to comment...those people who are just sitting and doing nothing but criticizing should really change their views until they atleast contribute a little towards Pakistan...<br />
Looking forward to your suggestions!
I thought journalism has a few responsibilities, one imparting current news with accuracy yet factual description of events without addition or subtraction as per the reporters wish par say!! second, influential editorials without using such vocabulary which the reader would require a dictionary in order to first rummage, then understand and then try to make sense of the whole lot of sentences (after all effective communication is about people understanding in their first reading), and third last but not the least keeping our ideology alive!<br />
I am really disappointed because whenever in the morning I open the newspapers it is the same stuff.....Yes our country has a lot of cons but it is definately not without pros either...my question is why is our media embarassing us in front of the whole world?? every country has problems but our media is the first one to portray such a disastrous picture of Pakistan that foriegners are literally considering us as the most unpredictable, unsafe and dangerous country in the world.<br />
By the way, when did we start putting flowers infront of pictures as a symbol of respect??(see pictures of children putting flowers and candles infront of everyone knows who) yes we had a national loss, but why forget our ideology?? was nt it an issue when children were supposed to pay regards in front of Gandhi's picture which later was described in every historic book of ours as a protest? now we see a huge change....why are we getting further and further from our ideology? <br />
I am sorry, I do beleive that our media is really responsible to create such an image that we feel ashamed going abroad..not to mention even in TV and documentaries they are only exhibiting slums in Karachi or Lahore. I would request everyone to be optimistic, beleive in ourselves in Pakistan....in our leaders...yes it will take time to build our confidence but with due optimism I am positive it will happen.<br />
I hope for the future of Pakistan but I do beleive we will get out of all Negative circumstances afterall we have been able to survive amidst all pressures in the past...<br />
I do not know how far I will be successful in CSS but I can nly say that atleast I have tried to be part of this system therefore I ave a right to comment...those people who are just sitting and doing nothing but criticizing should really change their views until they atleast contribute a little towards Pakistan...<br />
Looking forward to your suggestions!