British Journalist: Reward for Media Reporting?

Posted on 12. Jul, 2012 by in World News

British Journalist’s house vandalised in Lahore 


(London – 11th July 2012) House of British Pakistani journalist Dr Shahid Qureshi vandalised in Lahore Pakistan. According to reports some ‘mysterious vandals’ took the name plates from outside the house. They put glue in the outside gate lock and brook the glass of windows. They also took the water machine with them. It was first ever incident of this kind in past 8 years. Dr Shahid Qureshi condemns the incident and demands the flag bears of dual nationality bill to condemn these kinds of activities. It was the same house where London Post reporter Faisal Qureshi was murdered by terrorists in October 2011. 


Dr Shahid Qureshi suspects that this incident could be linked with the making of a documentary about the murder of The London Post journalist Faisal Qureshi by a famous TV channel. It seems as if the terrorists wanted to send the message to journalists and media in Pakistan. Faisal Qureshi was a true young Pakistani, patriotic, brave and fearless journalist. Freedom of speech will prevail and terrorists will be defeated. 


He has already informed British Police about these threats to him and his family in the UK last month. A senior British parliamentarian has raised this matter with the British authorities who are taking action on this matter. Pakistan Journalists Association – UK (PJA) is to issue a condemnation statement on this incident. 


Dr Shahid Qureshi demanded from, President of Pakistan, Prime Minister and Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif for full investigation of this incident and protection for his family members in Pakistan. 

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2 Responses to “British Journalist: Reward for Media Reporting?”

  1. Afriq

    12. Jul, 2012

    My comment is directed to brit journalist
    A brit journalist wants Full investigation, really?
    the first question is he should ask is why anyone would want to attack brit journalist
    brit journalist. these war criminals have cheerlead slaughter of Muslim masses by false/made up reporting
    The Pakistani authorities should INVESTIGATE these war criminal presstitutes and charge them
    bbc is banned in many states I wonder why? could it be because of their WAR crimes
    read the full article, below relevant text
    Blocked By The BBC
    By David Cromwell
    For instance, in a new chapter they present a careful analysis of BBC and ITV news coverage of the Israeli attack on Gaza in 2008-2009. The researchers recorded, transcribed and analysed over 4000 lines of broadcast news text from the BBC and ITV.
    ‘The most striking feature of the news texts’, note Philo and Berry, ‘ is the dominance of the Israeli perspective, in relation to the causes of the conflict.’
    Specifically, they note of BBC news during Operation Cast Lead:
    ‘the [Israeli] themes of “ending the rockets”, the “need for security” and to "stop the smuggling of weapons" received a total of 316.5 lines of text. Others such as the need to “hit Hamas” and that “Hamas and terrorists are to blame” received 62 lines. The total for Israeli explanatory statements on the BBC is 421.25. This compares with a much lower total for Hamas/Palestinian explanations of just 126.25.’
    But even these 126.25 BBC lines of ‘explanations’ lack substance: ‘the bulk of the Palestinian accounts do not explain their case beyond saying that they will resist.’ What is almost non-existent are crucial facts about ‘how the continuing existence of the blockade affects the rationale for Palestinian action and how they see their struggle against Israel and its continuing military occupation.’
    Notably:
    ‘There are just 14.25 lines referring to the occupation and only 10.5 on the ending of the siege/blockade.’
    Instead, BBC news tended to reflect the Israeli framework of events:
    ‘The dominant explanation for the attack was that it was to stop the firing of rockets by Hamas. The offer that Hamas was said to have made, to halt this in exchange for lifting the blockade (which Israel had rejected), was almost completely absent from the coverage.’
    So BBC news coverage was skewed by the Israeli perspective, perpetuating ‘a one-sided view of the causes of the conflict by highlighting the issue of the rockets without reporting the Hamas offer’ and by burying rational views on the purpose of the attack: namely the Israeli desire to inflict collective punishment on the Palestinian people.
    In classic academic understatement, Philo and Berry conclude:
    ‘It is difficult in the face of this to see how the BBC can sustain a claim to be offering balanced reporting.’
    These are serious and well-substantiated charges. I’d be interested in hearing your response, please.

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  2. Khalif

    12. Jul, 2012

    this brit presstitute should read Media Lens. the answer are ALL there why should
    Pakistan shouldn't waste time/effort/funds with such rubbish vandalism
     

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