Comments on: Pakistani Politicians Swearing

By: Bushra.

Bushra. — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:27:09 +0000

Pakistan is obviously in hot water taking in account the outcries of Baluchistan for want of separation from the State, Taliban rampaging, A crescendo of drone attacks and conspiracies flaring on the whereabouts of the very clandestine American tactics. And all our leaders can think in these troubled times are saving their butt for the hot seats and hurling at each each other. We’re goners.

By: Faisal Kapadia

Faisal Kapadia — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:51:08 +0000

Well MSM in Pakistan is a chooza who thinks its the biggest murgha in the neighborhood but goes cheep cheep when it speaks.
Brilliant article..if we cannot criticize ourselves we cannot grow. We need to stop turning everything into a ratings war…if we are discussing who has slept with who on national tv, pretty soon everyone in politics will be at fault :p (metaphorically speaking of course)

By: nsahmed

nsahmed — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:08:17 +0000

well, she was in a fight, and fights get messy. i firmly believe in the urdu saying: taali do haath se bajti hai. she was being pretty adversarial, for lack of a better word, in those videos as well. in the moments before getting accused of immorality, i would say she was speaking (or yelling) inappropriately at the other guests too. what they did was wrong, in every way. but she wasn’t a model of perfect behavior either. she could have backed off too, she could have refrained from accusation and mud slinging, but she rolled up her sleeves and went for the jugular, and, well, people fight back.

By: naveenaqvi

naveenaqvi — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:34:46 +0000

Hmm. I see what you’re saying, but i have to ask…why should Kashmala Tariq stay off television?? After all, she’s the one who’s been wronged! By your logic, if I were harassed on the street, I should be house-bound forever.

By: nsahmed

nsahmed — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:11:49 +0000

we’ve talked about the media here, we’ve talked about the audience here, but we haven’t talked a lot about the sources of filth here, because perhaps we pretty much take it for granted that nothing good can be expected of the government. i would say that anchors like you, ms. naqvi, and others, should now publicly, on-air, ask members of these parties to refrain from being this pathetic. when you do an interview of someone with real authority in the party, ask if these people were ever punished for their misbehavior. and make a point of not inviting them on any show ever again. kashmala tariq should have the sense to stay off television permanently now, but she didn’t exhibit a lot of sense in the clips,which is a profound pity. you scream your lungs out for women’s rights but then they don’t make it easier,do they?