Press Freedom

Why Hamid Mir was shot..

A comment on why the Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir was shot, crediting him for publicising Balochistan while allowing that he was haughty and nationalist at times, followed by extracts including…

Brown Pundits Archive29 April 20140 comments
“We love Pakistan army and ISI”

A comment on Geo TV’s unprecedented public defiance of the ISI after the attack on Hamid Mir; the poster expects little to change except Geo’s demise, but thinks breaking the…

Brown Pundits Archive28 April 20141 comment
Deep State Fatwa: shut down Geo TV (or else)

A comment, with a news extract, on the Pakistan Army’s demand that Geo TV be shut after it accused the ISI of ordering an attack on Hamid Mir; the poster…

Brown Pundits Archive23 April 20141 comment
Did ISI order the hit on Hamid Mir?

A comment, with news extracts, on claims by Hamid Mir’s brother that the journalist had named ISI elements to blame if he were attacked, which the poster links to Balochistan…

Brown Pundits Archive19 April 20140 comments
Raza Rumi survives terror attack

A post on the attack on the journalist Raza Rumi, in which his driver was killed, saying the Taliban want to silence the messengers and criticising those who flatter armed…

Brown Pundits Archive28 March 20141 comment
Carlotta Gall

A note on New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall’s account of being assaulted in Quetta, tied to her book alleging Pakistani generals knew of Osama bin Laden’s presence.

Brown Pundits Archive21 March 20140 comments
Mr AK-272 takes aim at media

A comment criticising Arvind Kejriwal’s threat to jail media persons said to promote Narendra Modi for money, comparing it to Nehru’s talk of hanging businessmen and calling it a bad…

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
A very brave, wise man speaks his mind

Extracts from Express Tribune editor Kamal Siddiqui on three attacks on his media group in six months, with the poster praising his courage and his argument that editors owe their…

Brown Pundits Archive10 March 20140 comments