Claimed to be Pakistan’s largest trade magazine, Profit PK took up the propaganda for Pemra. The magazine linked the management of the new private TV channel to the takeover and builder mafia without documentary evidence.
The magazine, quoting Paymark officials, alleges that the newly launched Snow TV is owned by the same group that is running a housing society called Blueworld City, which is not approved by the Rawalpindi Development Authority, in Chachkari.
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According to the magazine, Blue World City has been mired in controversy for the past few years. From being outlawed by the RDA in its first few years to Turkish actor and hero of popular drama serial Ertugrul not paying Pakistan blocker compensation to Turkish actor and hero of popular drama serial Ertugrul, Blue World City has been the center of media attention.
According to the magazine, news media is not a profitable business but an influential one, the news channel provides a powerful platform that can be used to create a narrative. If your name appears in the media, you can easily mobilize your platform to offer a counter-narrative.
For all the details, read this week’s cover story by @BabarEnthusiast and @Shahab_Omer at: https://t.co/qxxjdV2xvg
— Profit (@Profitpk) January 20, 2023
According to the magazine, it seems that this is what Blue World is trying to do and it is nothing new. Many influential politicians, real estate developers, and other businessmen have set up media houses in exactly the same way.
Critics have termed the news of Profit PK as propaganda. Critics say that the owners of Suno TV and Blue World City may be the same, but this cannot be proven until there is a documentary. There is no evidence.
Claiming to be Pakistan’s largest business magazine, Profit PK has proved itself as a propaganda tool for Pemra by publishing news about Pemra sources.
Critics say it does not behoove a business magazine to endorse the statement of a government agency and target another journalistic organization.