Abstract
The ‘war on terror’ brought both blessings and curses for media in
Pakistan especially Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and former Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Its curses, however, surmounted
the blessings. The media saw a boom after the ‘war on terror’, working
conditions for media professionals improved and a competition was
witnessed both among media professionals as well as owners. The
influx of foreign journalists in search of investigative reports also
provided an opportunity to the local media personnel to get better
exposure and be connected with foreign media. But with the rapid
increase in media houses and space for media professional what
suffered the most was professionalism which was replaced by the race
for ‘breaking news’. Naïve people were seen joining media without
having any training. The attitude of the warring sides – militants and
the security forces – was also strange. They too would want to have
their version dominated the mainstream media. For the purpose the
used both hook and crook. The media professional were also not
trained for covering conflict due to which scores of journalists lost
their lives, a number of others got injured and several suffered
kidnapping and torture. This article deals with the state of media
during the ‘war on terror’, sufferings of media people and freedom of
expression.
Yousaf Ali, Yasir Imran. (2020) Impact Of ‘War On Terror’ On Media In Pakistan: A Case Study Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa And Earstwhile Fata (2004-2014), Pakistan , Volume-57, Issue-1.
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