Abstract
Pakistan’s road to its destiny has not been smooth
since its creation in 1947.While passing through several
social, political and economic crises; the state has been
deeply fissured along its ethnic and religious lines. The
former East Pakistan has turned into Bangladesh after
the bloody revolt of Bangalis against the elite of the
former West Pakistan now Pakistan while the remaining
ethnic groups (Bloch. Sindhi, Pushtoon etc) of the
country were frequently voicing their concerns regarding
what they claim the Punjabi dominance and unfair
division of resources. Adding to this, the state has also
become a shuttlecock among the interest groups,
particularly the military, religious parties, feudal lords
and industrialists. The country witnessed the wars,
military and democratic regimes and economic crises. It
attained atomic capabilities, constitutional amendments.
Masses indulged into ideological and liberal clashes
and finally entered into the 21st century with the
country’s biggest posture as a front line state for war
against terror. With the overview of the country’s
situation, this article deals with the media birth, its
growth and its current situation especially of electronic
media. The media’s puzzles and prospective in national
integration has been also discussed. Particularly, the
overall focus remained at the point that how the media
could contribute in achieving national goals. The past
government’s efforts to take control over media were
also picked briefly.
Key words: Media, masses, Pakistan, coverage,
nation building
Munawar Sabir. (2011) Political Puzzles and Prospect of Media in Pakistan , Journal of Political Studies, Volume 18, Issue 1.
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