Media compromises impartiality during PM Imran Khan’s Islamabad march
Pakistani media has compromised impartiality on covering and analysing embattled PM Imran Khan’s massive public gathering in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani media has compromised impartiality on covering and analysing embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan’s massive public gathering in Islamabad.
Some journalists were found claiming the hurdles deliberately created by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) organisers during PM Imran Khan’s Islamabad march.
The journalists who are critics of the PTI regime claimed that they faced troubles covering the Parade Ground public gathering while others were making different claims regarding the number of participants attending the March 27 show.
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Senior anchorperson Hamid Mir retweeted a video in which a Geo News woman journalist, Maryam Nawaz Khan, was surrounded and stopped for covering the PTI rally in Islamabad at the venue. He wrote that at least one of the PTI activists is there to stop the mistreatment.
کم از کم ایک آدمی تو ایسا ہے جو اپنے ساتھیوں کو بد تمیزی سے روک رہا ہے اس آدمی کا شکریہ https://t.co/tVIZ9L06Jb
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) March 27, 2022
Adeel Raja wrote on Twitter, “Geo News saying private media not allowed but only their anchor is inside.. what coverage ban are they talking about?”
Geo News saying private media not allowed but only their anchor is inside.. what coverage ban are they talking about? pic.twitter.com/LwzkoaSDXk
— Adeel Raja (@adeelraja) March 27, 2022
Kamran Yousaf said that he and a fellow journalist spent three hours at the venue. He added that the rally was attended by 45,000 to 60,000.
پی ٹی آئی جلسے میں 3 گھنٹے گزارے اور میں نے اور میرے ساتھی رپورٹر @RizwanShehxad نے جلسہ گاہ کا پورا چکر لگایا تو ہم دونوں کے مطابق 45 سے 60 ہزار کے قریب لوگ تھے جس میں 60 فیصد کا تعلق کے پی سے تھا!
— Kamran Yousaf (@Kamran_Yousaf) March 27, 2022
Syed Talat Hussain said on Twitter, “Final intel count. 40,000 plus including those on the road outside the main gate.”
Final intel count. 40,000 plus including those on the road outside the main gate.
— Syed Talat Hussain (@TalatHussain12) March 27, 2022
Asad Ali Toor claimed, “#BREAKING: Intelligence bureau say 15,000 and Special Branch claims 20,000 headcount present “inside” the venue of parade ground for listening speech of PM Imran Khan.”
#BREAKING: Intelligence bureau say 15,000 and Special Branch claims 20,000 headcount present “inside” the venue of parade ground for listening speech of PM @ImranKhanPTI, sources
— Asad Ali Toor (@AsadAToor) March 27, 2022
In a special transmission of ARY News, a senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif had left the show after being refused to give appropriate time for completing his arguments by fellow anchorperson Waseem Badami.
Arshad Sharif Left the Live transmission after exchange if words with Waseem Badami pic.twitter.com/2EHgj8n3n2
— Zubair Ali Khan (@ZubairAlikhanUN) March 27, 2022
On the other hand, the pro-government journalists had also been seen making claims regarding the success of the PTI rally, regardless of covering some untoward incidents with some journalists who reached there to cover the power show.
