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Well Selim, assuming you're not trolling, then I would suggest that you look for the youtube channels of established respected journalists, to get a flavour of
by isr 4y ago
Well Selim, assuming you're not trolling, then I would suggest that you look for the youtube channels of established respected journalists, to get a flavour of whats happening currently.
There is no chance of speaking truth on the official airwaves - the other channels threw their lot in with the coup from day 1 (that includes Geo TV, Hamid Mir, etc). Those channels that attempted to have been forcibly shutdown (eg: ARY, and now Bol)
I'll drop just a few recommendations;
- Imran Riaz Khan
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaszgR2TH3qNw_CxLHAd2SQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaszgR2TH3qNw_CxLHAd2SQ)
- Waqar Malik (UK based freelancer, but very dedicated)
(https://www.youtube.com/c/WaqarMaliks https://www.youtube.com/c/WaqarMaliks)
- Haidar Mehdi (ex army officer, now based in Canada, still with links to many current serving high-ranking generals)
(https://www.youtube.com/user/shrmehdi https://www.youtube.com/user/shrmehdi)
You will find that people like Imran Riaz Khan (who was imprisoned just a few weeks ago) still have to be careful about what they say (hence repeated allusions to "powerful behind the scenes forces"), but Haider Mehdi and Waqar Malik, by dint of the fact that they are free from kidnapping and torture, have been quite open about calling a spade, a spade.
When it comes to mainstream reporting, then Arshad Sharif and Sami Ibrahim have been quite couragous and steadfast. Both have been targetted by this coup-regime. Sami was actually attacked outside the Bol TV offices (he is the president of the news division). While Arshad has just recently had to go into exile (even though he is from a respected military family, and his brother died while on military duty - combating terrorists).
I would suggest going through some of Haider Mehdi's vlogs from a few months ago to understand how we got here. He has only done a few (Waqar has so many that you wouldn't know where to start)
- selimthegrim 4y agoThank you.