VOICE OF THE OPPRESSED PASHTOON...
Media conditions in the Pashtoonkhawa (from Chatral to Bolan) were not as bad as it is today. The only thing that went unnoticed and remained a cause of unrest and dissatisfaction was the unchanged structure of the media in the country. More than any other domain of life, media is very strictly controlled by some hidden powers. They make sure, as today is the case, that Pashtoon do not have a powerful indigenous media. This is the sad state of affairs in the media that is almost always ruled by the military, not the so-called elected representatives of the masses. Thus, Pashtoon have been deliberately deprived of an indigenous press.
The international media has to highlight in detail the sufferings of the journalists in Afghanistan and Pashtoonkhawa, the conflict-stricken province of Pakistan. Pashtoonkhawa is a hazardous zone for working journalists as they are required to report from a region that is in the grip of state sponsored Taliban, the so-called military operations, state repression, , increasing sectarianism and highly suspected presence of Taliban and Al-Qadea leaders.
One of the major troubles these international and international media are creating is that they call those people for interviews and talk shows who intentionally or unintentionally talk against the on-going peace process and development in Afghanistan, presence of international forces and Afghan government. And this act of the media surly gives benefits to the enemy of Afghans. These persons and media pretend to be more democratic and hence they criticize the tinny flaws in the Afghan government and criticize the presence of International forces in Afghanistan. However, they forget that if these forces quit Afghanistan, the secret agencies and army of will once again invade Afghanistan as they did in the past.
There are very sad but valid reasons for the blackout of Pashtoon’s problems in the national and international media: The owners of private news channels and the big guns in the powerful political quarters seem to have developed an understanding that young, qualified Pashtoon journalists should not be given jobs.
As the proofs are that if we see all those reporters like …. and many other employees of the international and national media are not working for highlighting the pashtoon issues but they are controlled and fed by the secret agencies of the country. These media always hire such employees that don’t know the ABC of journalism and professionalism. For example, a month ago, many were interviewed for an international American launched Pashto radio broadcasting, being launched in coming couple of days in Afghanistan and Pashtoon belt of Pakistan, but most of the reporters and broadcasters were appointed on the basis of favoritism and recommendations (Even some had not been called for interviews) which obviously will deprive the nation to be dislodged from this menace of terrorism and development.
On the other hand, Afghanistan the only political “Kublaa” of the pashtoon in Pakistan and other parts of the world doesn’t set offices and bureaus in the pashtoon belt of Pakistan to highlight the true picture of the pashtoon issues.
Until media organizations free themselves from all forms of biases, they are unlikely to report the truth. Preference should be given to the young qualified Pashtoon journalists in the job opportunities created in the media houses’. Instead of holding interviews in closed-rooms, merit should be given priority so that the talented Pashtoon-Afghan boys and girls also get a chance to appear in competitive tests ad interviews intended to select journalists for different newspapers and television channels. It is extremely unprofessional to shut the doors of jobs in the media for the Pashtoon due to their ethnic background and pashtoon nationalism.
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