Hamid Mir’s track record is kind of interesting. From getting cozy with the leaders of Al Qaida, to leading the Anti-Musharraf media frenzy he’s done pretty much everything. And now he makes the allegation that Pakistan armed forces are killing innocent civilians in FATA. I would be extremely skeptical of such assertions and there definitely needs to be more investigation behind what he is saying, but one thing is for certain – these guys at Geo are only at the fore of spreading the word that Pakistan is done with – Mir even stated this in one of his recent “interviews” to a regional channel.
More insights into this guy’s background and work would be useful.
Re: Hamid Mir and Geo -- a force behind destabilization of Pakistan?
I agree with you to the extent that he always bring it to personal level. He is enjoying Media Power and don't even think while misusing it.
I guess he is now in the state of mind that we have seen in all of our leaders in (when they are in power). From army dictators like Ayub, Zia and Mushrraf to civil dictators like NS, BB and Zardari. With this state of mind (of bus-main-he-main) they think that they are unstoppable and they can do whatever they want to with the power they have (in Mir's case Media Power).
2ndly I think his pay is attached to TVR and he ruthlessly use power or media to increase his TVR.
Re: Hamid Mir and Geo -- a force behind destabilization of Pakistan?
^^ I agree. I think there is sense in Pak media that their existence is more important the country itself, forgetting the fact that w/o country none of us will have identity.
Geo & the people on Geo are doing harm to country promoting terrorists agenda. That is not to say that the Geo should be shut down, but there must be some code of conduct & glorifying terrorists murderers on tv should not be allowed.
don't know about geo but Hamid Mir is definitely not any less patriotic than me or you if not more.
If pak army is killing innocent civilians than he has to say so...and ofcourse this has been checked into...the people who migrated out of bajaur were interviewed when Mir visited their camp, they all said how and/or how many of their children/relatives had been killed! The other week there was a guy from the affected areas who's son's pictures (who lost his legs) were shown! these people are certainly innocent civilians!
How you guys equate the above to 'abusing his powers and/or promoting terrorists agenda' I don't know.
In kashmir last month, when protestors came out during curfew, they were shot at by the indian police and three people were killed and more such incidents followed.
In swat last week, protestors came out during curfew and pakistani police killed seven people.
Terrorists bomb and kill innocent civilians, its wrong. period.
Pak army bombs and kills innocent civilians, its wrong. period.
The marriot bombing was covered by the media extensively so that the carnage could be seen by the public;
same thing needs to happen in FATA, the carnage should be shown so that the public isn't in any doubt over who exactly is being killed
The war in iraq and afghanistan was covered by the electronic media initially, i think the war in FATA should be covered as well
Re: Hamid Mir and Geo -- a force behind destabilization of Pakistan?
Being anti-Musharraf or condemning the killings of innocent people is not destabilization of the country. Hes a journalist and he's reporting what hes seeing.
Being anti-Musharraf or condemning the killings of innocent people is not destabilization of the country. Hes a journalist and he's reporting what hes seeing.
Nobody is arguing against journalists reporting news. Problem starts when these people try to portray their opinions as news. His show Capital Talk is example of that. Inviting idiots and dishing out pro terrorist propaganda is not good for the country.
BTW, just watching GEO...they make it sound like as if country is on fire from end to end, and re-enforcing the image that Pakistan is about ot fall apart or terrorists are about to take over the country. Do you think that helps in attracting foreign investment, stock market or strengthening rupee?
Is he saying that the army is deliberately targetting civilians, or just that civilians are getting killed and injured because of the army action?
In one of the videos I recently watched he said that Pakistan army is bombing only those areas where there very small number or no Talibans and they are avoiding areas full of Taliban. He also claimed that in that local area if you take Pakistan's name then locals will kill you.
Nobody is arguing against journalists reporting news. Problem starts when these people try to portray their opinions as news. His show Capital Talk is example of that. Inviting idiots and dishing out pro terrorist propaganda is not good for the country.
BTW, just watching GEO...they make it sound like as if country is on fire from end to end, and re-enforcing the image that Pakistan is about ot fall apart or terrorists are about to take over the country. Do you think that helps in attracting foreign investment, stock market or strengthening rupee?
Shamraz, hate to break it to you bro, but thats how the whole country feels right now. There is very little sympathy for the Armed forces, because of their 'allies'. We all know that in the end, its the poor people who are dying. Musharraf played this two faced game and wasnt sincere to anyone, and now it seems like Zard-Ari is continuing to do the same thing. Hamid Mir is absolutely spot on, unlike us, he has been to these places, interacted with civilians, and is reporting how they feel.
We can stop dreaming about attracting foreign investment because its getting absurd and we'll be putting them in harms way, and instead we should try to fix this problem which we create ourselves, and investigative journalism will help. This issue was suppressed back in Swat when Shaukat Aziz was meddling with the CJ issue, and the reason was that it wasnt given much importance in the media back then
Hamid Mir's track record is kind of interesting. From getting cozy with the leaders of Al Qaida, to leading the Anti-Musharraf media frenzy he's done pretty much everything. And now he makes the allegation that Pakistan armed forces are killing innocent civilians in FATA. I would be extremely skeptical of such assertions and there definitely needs to be more investigation behind what he is saying, but one thing is for certain -- these guys at Geo are only at the fore of spreading the word that Pakistan is done with -- Mir even stated this in one of his recent "interviews" to a regional channel.
More insights into this guy's background and work would be useful.
I think you may be right. What we need is balance of reporting. Only reporting that "innocent civlians are killed in FATA" while believing "locals only" to say "no taliban are killed/target" is incorrect IMO. Whether consciously or unconsciously he might be playing in hands of militants propaganda.
investors dont listen to hamid mir before making their decision abt their bussiness but they do look at the ruins of the hotel which foriegn agancies blew up to destabalize pakistan. and all the bomb blasts dont blame talbans for them pls, do u even know who taliban were. These ppl are ppl of nothern alliance funded by nato, india, america etc. where do they get their funds from, what do u think .. .. dont just follow the rubbish foriegn media ranting
why would a muslim kill an other muslim to revenge a christian or jew. I wont buy the story that they are redical and mad ppl and would do any thing. thats all bull**** and if u belive it may Allah give u some wisdom.
salamAlikum
And you think by giving money one will accept to become suicide bomber? Its much more than that to make a person a live bomb and we all know whats that.
Re: Hamid Mir and Geo -- a force behind destabilization of Pakistan?
Lots of conspiracy theories are floating out there suggesting that GEO execs are on the payroll of Bharat mata and the likes of hamid mir are infact well placed agents of RAW
Is he saying that the army is deliberately targetting civilians, or just that civilians are getting killed and injured because of the army action?
"jahaan civilians hotey hain waha army action kertee hai jahaan talibaan hotey hain wahaan army janey kee himmat bhee nahi kartee hai"
A journalist should make better choice of words. Remember you can call father "my mother's husband" or "my grandpa's son". Although technically that would be right but again right way would be to call him father.
Re: Hamid Mir and Geo -- a force behind destabilization of Pakistan?
btw, Kamran Khan, Kashif Abbasi, Talat Hussain (and others) also tell the truth but they rarely misuse their media power to settle personal scores. They all were also quite vocal against Musharraf too but they do work within professional ethics.