Media Modernisation: News, Journalism, Infotainment
Contents
MEDIA MODERNISATION: NEWS, JOURNALISM, AND INFOTAINMENT
State Control, Corporate Interests, and Media Independence in Pakistan – Raza Rumi
Restoring the Arbiter – Amber Rahim Shamsi
Reshaping Media in Pakistan – Matiullah Jan
The Precarious Path of Pakistan’s Media Landscape: Navigating Freedom, Regulation, and Sustainability – Marvi Sirmed.
Walking the Tightrope of Journalism in Pakistan – Bismah Mughal
Concerns of Intelligentsia in Pakistan: Content Analysis of Newspapers – Nadeem Ul Haque and Arif Sheikh
Climate and Media: Reporting based on Conflict theory or Structural Functionalism – Khalid Waleed.
Media Manipulation: Terrorism, Corruption, and the Shifting Sands of Perception – Nadeem F. Paracha
The Cult of Digital Media – Tahir Dhindsa
CURRENT AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
What Matters Most – Votes or Numbers? – Sarwar Bari
Default: Incentivising Cooperation Between Creditors – Ahmed Jamal Pirzada
Unending Crises of Unending Hybridity – Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Making Sense of Pakistan’s Retaliation Against Iran – Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Grassroots Politics: The Only Way Forward – Shahnaz Khan
DEBATE
Electables: The Unsung Losers of the 2024 Elections – Bilal Lakhani
2024 Elections: The End of Electables? – Hassan Javid
OPINION
Empowering the Lowest Strata: A Vehicle for Socioeconomic Transformation – Nasim Beg
How the IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programmes in Pakistan Violate ILO Conventions – Shahzeb Usman
Political Reform: Constitution Sans Implementation – Naqi Akbar
Countertrafficking/Counterinsurgency: A (Counter)productive Relationship – Hammad Bilal
Strategic Leadership and Statecraft – Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
HISTORY
The Significance of Oral Histories in Pakistan – Anam Zakaria
Half-Human: The Bastardisation of Science Via Standardisation – Subas Amjad
BUSINESS
The Silent Crisis: How Climate change is Driving Food Inflation in Pakistan – Bilal Hussain
Monumental Shifts in Pakistan’s Startup: For the Better or For the Worse? – Ahtasam Ahmad
ARTS AND CULTURE
OLOMOPOLO: Ten Years of Drive, Discourse, and Dialogue – Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin
Abstraction in Art: Aesthetic Excellence or Elitist Farce? – Abbas Moosvi