With the advent of private media in Pakistan, there were numerous good things happened. The private media remained a resistive force during Musharraf’s emergency. Analysts, anchors, news reporters had to put their lives on the line to cover some of the worst events in Pakistan.

Four journalists were killed in Pakistan during 2017. Journalism is a noble profession but over the years, some of top journalists/analysts have taken sides. They are not impartial anymore. These black sheeps have shown their loyalties towards a political or non-political force over the years.

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For a country like Pakistan, where social media is at its peak. Fake news can be spread quickly and people believe in propaganda that supports their point of view. In short, it is easy to make an event controversial if it goes against the elite class.

The TO-LET GANG

Previously, politicians had to use electronic and print media to create a propaganda. Thanks to social media, politicians can now use journalists to do the dirty work on platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well.

Following are some of the pseudo-top-analysts who are continuously serving their masters on social and electronic media.

1- Talat Hussain or TO-LET Hussain:

Talat Hussain is a household name — not in a good way. Talat once used to be impartial or at least he used to act like that. For some years now, since Nawaz Sharif arrived in Pakistan Talat has gone mad.

TO-LET Hussain is continuously spitting venom against Pakistan Army and security agencies. He is on the agenda of making General Election 2018 controversial. For this, he is using social media and his talk show “Naya Pakistan” that airs on GEO News.

Not a single good word came out from his mouth.

When in 2013, PTI had lost the election and accused PMLN of rigging, Talat wanted proofs:

Talat’s Tweet from 2013

Link: https://twitter.com/TalatHussain12/status/333586718949257216

Now in 2018, Talat don’t need any proof of rigging since PMLN and corrupt elite have been rejected by the people of Pakistan. Talat is now accusing “hidden forces” without any solid proof. TABDEELI AAGAYE HAI!

Here’s his article he wrote a few weeks ago, see how he’s trying to imply that there’s no level playing field for some political parties and some were “allowed” to roam around freely.

On Nawaz’s arrival at Lahore airport this last month, Talat was sent to cover the event. PML-N had announced to protest. According to several media channels and police, there were around 5,000–6,000 protestors. You now know Talat, according to him, it was a “MASSIVE” show of power by PMLN. God bless this idiot.

2 — Omar R Quraishi:

Omar R Qureshi has worked with several media houses including Samaa, ARY etc. I don’t remember watching him on TV but he is quite active on Twitter. Currently, he is a media consultant to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

He has already shown his affiliation with a political party but I want to show his hypocrisy. See the two tweets below:

In 2013, PPP was thrown out of Punjab because of its poor performance. It became a provincial party — a party that used be the most popular of Pakistan. Thanks Zardari!

Omar who has accepted PPP’s worst performance is now defending the same party on Twitter.

In another blast from the past, Omar had questioned party’s chairman performance. Today, he is serving the same president.

Taunting PTI in 2013, Omar made fun of PTI supporters and didn’t take the rigging accusations seriously. Today, he’s crying over Bilawal’s lost from Lyari and calling it rigging but he’s happy with PPP’s overwhelming majority in Sindh assembly. Hypocrite!

PPP has gained more seats in 2018 as compared to General Election 2013. Why is Omar still crying?

3- Absar Alam:

Absar Alam, a blue-eyed boy of Nawaz Sharif, was knighted with the chairmanship of PEMRA by then PM Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Sharif is currently in jail along with his daughter. Nawaz was convicted in a corruption case.

There’s a reason why Absar Alam became the chairman. During PTI’s Dharna over rigging, Absar used to host a talk show. In his talk shows, he had constantly defended Nawaz Sharif and his government. He was used as a propaganda tool by Nawaz Sharif and his government.

Therefore, by proving his loyalty, Alam was able to secure the seat of Chairman of PEMRA and remained there until Lahore High Court declared his appointed ILLEGAL!

Recently, Alam met with Nawaz Sharif in jail. Here he has written something on his visit to Adiala Jail:

Notice how Absar is trying to portray a convicted criminal as a hero?

This is what is wrong with journalists of this country.

Nawaz Sharif was not convicted because of some political motives. He had bought some of the most expensive properties in UK in 1992 when he was the Prime Minister.

Nawaz failed to produce any money trail in Supreme Court and then in Accountability court for which he was convicted and heavily fined.

4- Javed Chaudhry:

Another Nawaz loyalist, Javed, wrote a column and tried to made Nawaz the Superman of Pakistan. Here’s his “emotional” column on Nawaz:

Seems Javed wants to play with the emotions. He’s crying, he is in pain. Why wouldn’t he be? His master is in jail. Javed wants people to know under how difficult circumstances a convicted criminal Nawaz Sharif is living in jail. He might have forgotten that Nawaz is in jail and not in a five-star hotel.

Do not forget the fact that Nawaz has received way better facilities in jail than the rest of his jail-mates.

The list is way longer than this. It’s hard to write about every rotten egg here on Medium. One must give these journalists befitting reply for their propaganda. Here’s a tweet of a senior journalist for journalists like Javed, Absar and Talat:

Do not forget that the yellow journalism can destroy a man’s image. They can make a criminal a hero and vice versa. Keep your heads up, do not believe in their propaganda.

Pakistan Zindabad!