The first Sindhi only newspaper was called ‘Moin-ul-Islam’ and it started its circulation in 1880.
This was followed by various other papers such as Sind Sudhar, Muawan Majma, Saraswati, Aftab Sind, Kher Khoah, Musafir and Al Haq
The pioneers of journalism in Sindh were the Persian language newspapers. First Persian language newspaper started in Sindh in 1855. Its owner was Mirza Mukhlis Ali. In 1860, Mirza Mukhlis started a bilingual newspaper from Sukkur which printed one column in Persian and the other column contained its Sindhi translation.
This newspaper was called ‘Matla Khursheed’ and is considered as the first Sindhi newspaper of the subcontinent. Matla Khursheed continued to publish until 1910.
The second period of Sindhi Journalism began with the publication of Al Hilal in 1901. The first Sindhi daily called Sind Wasi came out in 1908 and the second Hind Wasi in 1917. During this period a number of important papers were brought out which included Al Kashif, Al Ameen, Tauheed, Sitara-e-Sind and Subah Sind.
This period culminated with publication of Al Waheed, the greatest Sindhi newspaper to date which was not only a newspaper but a movement and played a leading role in the establishment of Pakistan.
Sheikh Abdul Majid Sindhi, Maulana Din Mohammad Wafai, Prof. Din Mohammad Alig, Pir Ali Mohammad Rashidi and Kazi Abdur Rehman were some of the stalwarts of journalism at the time who with their pens raised the consciousness of the people and made them aware of their rights.
Hilal-e-Pakistan began publication in 1946 at Hyderabad. It also mobilized people in favor of Pakistan. Hilal-e-Pakistan is probably the only Sindhi newspaper which has offices in Islamabad and Lahore also.
After independence of Pakistan several new papers came into existence, including Naeen Sindh, Mehran, Azad, Nawai Sindh.
List of current Sindhi Newspapers
1. Kawish, Hyderabad, 2) Ibrat, Hyderabad 3) Hilal-e-Pakistan, Karachi 4. Khadim-e-Watan 5) Mehran, Hyderabad 6) Awami Awaz, Karachi, 7) Sham Hyd 8) Koshish 9) Tameer-e-Sindh 10) Halchal 11) The Daily Nijat, Sukkur, Karachi 12) Faislo 13) Koshish 14) Sindh Sukar
Kawish group is the biggest media group of Sindhi as it owns Kawish, Khadim-e-Watan, Koshish, Sham, and two TV channels.
Kawish, Ibrat, Hilal-e-Pakistan, Awami Awaz, Sham and Koshish are major newspapers.
Magazines
1) Aarsee 2) Affairs 3) Parish 4) Udhar 5) Gulphul 6) Halar 7) Nai Zindagi 8) Sartyoon
Sartyoon for women and Gulphul was children are published by Sindhi Adabi Board a semi govt organization.
Current State of Sindhi Press
More than fifteen daily Sindhi newspapers are published in Pakistan with Hyderabad being the largest center of such publications. Karachi and Sukkur follow suit. Largest circulation belongs to Kawish.
Ibrat newspaper has a leaning or a soft corner towards Pakistan Peoples Party. It is circulated more among politically conscious readership. Kawish on the other hand is more of an awami (public) newspaper and has a larger circulation. Kawaish has recently ventured into TV media also and KTV channel belongs to them.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Disown infamous identity
Historically, Sindh is known for custodian of women. But now a new identity is being foisted on it. Killing of sisters, daughter, wife, sister in-laws etc over some petty matter have become order of day.
Newspapers daily carry number of painful stories......
In Sultankot district Shikarpur. One Arbab Shar shot dead his wife in the presence of his minor daughter and later buried her body without formal funeral. The parents of deceased woman said that the accused was gambler and used to subject the torture to the deceased. On the same day Ahmed Ali Janwari injured his wife Habiban over some domestic matter. Makhan Khatoon was killed near Dakhan.
One more painful aspect of this incident is due to non availability of lady doctor the heir of deceased were running from pillar to post to conduct autopsy.
Sindh has held values time when beating or torturing a woman was considered as crime and such offender was termed as coward one. But today, woman is sold and chopped into pieces on one or the other pretext.
What has gone wrong with the nation which claims to be inheritor of 5000 year old civilisation? as it was not hesitating to such painful and shameful acts.
In fact these all incidents are attack on peace, honour.
This should be checked at all levels and by all the stakeholders.
The government should take notice of these incidents and deal with iron hands to those who are playing with woman like a football.
Newspapers daily carry number of painful stories......
In Sultankot district Shikarpur. One Arbab Shar shot dead his wife in the presence of his minor daughter and later buried her body without formal funeral. The parents of deceased woman said that the accused was gambler and used to subject the torture to the deceased. On the same day Ahmed Ali Janwari injured his wife Habiban over some domestic matter. Makhan Khatoon was killed near Dakhan.
One more painful aspect of this incident is due to non availability of lady doctor the heir of deceased were running from pillar to post to conduct autopsy.
Sindh has held values time when beating or torturing a woman was considered as crime and such offender was termed as coward one. But today, woman is sold and chopped into pieces on one or the other pretext.
What has gone wrong with the nation which claims to be inheritor of 5000 year old civilisation? as it was not hesitating to such painful and shameful acts.
In fact these all incidents are attack on peace, honour.
This should be checked at all levels and by all the stakeholders.
The government should take notice of these incidents and deal with iron hands to those who are playing with woman like a football.
Change in US policies
US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari, a day after his special envoy met the Pakistani leader with a message from his boss urging Pakistan to be a ‘stalwart ally’ in the fight against terrorism.
The two leaders reportedly agreed on the need for a strategy to try and resolve the region’s problems.
Telephonic talk between two leaders was in the backdrop of US decision to reviewing its Afghan and South Asia policy..
US might be changing its policies in its own interest but it would also have some positive effects in the region. Since last nine years entire international community have been demanding of US to change its infamous policies of Bush governemnt.
These policies had not only destroyed the world peace and brought instability and uncertainity in the world but also tarnished the image of US. President Obama contested the election on the slogan of change.
It would be correct to say, US public voted for change while voting to Obama. Now time has come that Obama should fulfil his promise which he made during election campaign.
The review of the US strategy should include new ideas, better coordination with allies and other concerned countries.
PPP has also contributed for bringing change in US policy about Asia and Afghanistan, because PPP has been complaining against Bush policies, and persuading the US to review harmful policies. It appears today results are coming out.
US should adapt a policy of live and let others to live.
The two leaders reportedly agreed on the need for a strategy to try and resolve the region’s problems.
Telephonic talk between two leaders was in the backdrop of US decision to reviewing its Afghan and South Asia policy..
US might be changing its policies in its own interest but it would also have some positive effects in the region. Since last nine years entire international community have been demanding of US to change its infamous policies of Bush governemnt.
These policies had not only destroyed the world peace and brought instability and uncertainity in the world but also tarnished the image of US. President Obama contested the election on the slogan of change.
It would be correct to say, US public voted for change while voting to Obama. Now time has come that Obama should fulfil his promise which he made during election campaign.
The review of the US strategy should include new ideas, better coordination with allies and other concerned countries.
PPP has also contributed for bringing change in US policy about Asia and Afghanistan, because PPP has been complaining against Bush policies, and persuading the US to review harmful policies. It appears today results are coming out.
US should adapt a policy of live and let others to live.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Should students take part in Politics?
Should students be allowed to take part in politics? According to my point of view politics should not be a forbidden fruit for students and to a certain limits, they should have liberty to take part in politics.
Politics concerned with affairs of the country, its constitution, its policies, foreign relations and so on. As a citizen every young man is interested in these affairs.
With the development of literacy, people read newspapers even students and common men also read newspapers and give their comments on the current situation.
Their views regarding politics may be very superficial, lacking depth study etc, but due to their interest in politics these are valuable. School boys and girls are also very much interested in thrilling news and as their politics sense develops they are keen to take part in politics.
This also happen in the colleges and universities, where students stand for union elections representing their political parties and they get more and more interest in the political affairs of the country.
Some people believe that as politics is a controversial game and spoil the career of young generation; hence students should keep themselves aloof from politics.
They believe that our colleges and universities should stop political activities. They should take part in academic activities.
If they involve in politics or allow their students to take part in it, it means that they are doing disservice to the nation. By opting for politics students waste their precious time which they should utilize in getting education.
But the question arises that how we can isolate politics from life? Today life is very complicated and it is absurd to think that any citizen may remain disinterested in the political life of the country. If so, how is it possible to keep our students, cream of the society, away from politics?
No doubt there are chances that students may be misguided and consequently, they may become tools in the hands of one political party or the other. But we should guard them against these dangers. Let them face the issues boldly.
We must develop in our students the minds having the right political consciousness. They should get practical training in educational institutions and thus be allowed to take part in politics in restricted way.
Instead of keeping students away from politics it is better to allow them in this field under proper guidance.
Politics concerned with affairs of the country, its constitution, its policies, foreign relations and so on. As a citizen every young man is interested in these affairs.
With the development of literacy, people read newspapers even students and common men also read newspapers and give their comments on the current situation.
Their views regarding politics may be very superficial, lacking depth study etc, but due to their interest in politics these are valuable. School boys and girls are also very much interested in thrilling news and as their politics sense develops they are keen to take part in politics.
This also happen in the colleges and universities, where students stand for union elections representing their political parties and they get more and more interest in the political affairs of the country.
Some people believe that as politics is a controversial game and spoil the career of young generation; hence students should keep themselves aloof from politics.
They believe that our colleges and universities should stop political activities. They should take part in academic activities.
If they involve in politics or allow their students to take part in it, it means that they are doing disservice to the nation. By opting for politics students waste their precious time which they should utilize in getting education.
But the question arises that how we can isolate politics from life? Today life is very complicated and it is absurd to think that any citizen may remain disinterested in the political life of the country. If so, how is it possible to keep our students, cream of the society, away from politics?
No doubt there are chances that students may be misguided and consequently, they may become tools in the hands of one political party or the other. But we should guard them against these dangers. Let them face the issues boldly.
We must develop in our students the minds having the right political consciousness. They should get practical training in educational institutions and thus be allowed to take part in politics in restricted way.
Instead of keeping students away from politics it is better to allow them in this field under proper guidance.
COnfrontation no solution
The political temperature in the country is rising. But the government, lawyers and other parties are trapped in ego chains and are unable to come forward and closer to each other.
The lawyers are going to stage sit in on March 16 in Islamabad, while PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has committed himself to joining the lawyers’ sit-in for restoration of former chief justice Choudhry Iftikhar Mohammed and other judges and vowed to go beyond sit in, if need arises. He advised the lawyers to launch long march from Lahore to Islamabad.
The government is also forwarding a mixed reaction. It says that protest is democratic right however, political forces should mind it that their action should not invite the intervention of third force.
The issue of restoration of judges is lingering on since the day the present government came into power. Once again lawyers have decided for long march and they are trying to win support of political parties. They succeeded to win over Nawaz Sharif.
PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif while committing to join lawyers sit in went a step ahead and came down hard on President Asif Ali Zardari, accusing him of orchestrating a campaign to disqualify him.
A While accusing President Asif Ali Zardari, Mr Sharif talked about going beyond sit si. His outburst is also quite understandable….. issuing threats would not remain static and opposition may soon take the form of an all-out confrontation. Both parties would try to go further. If that happens, it would be harmful for democracy.
Nawas Sharif’s party is in power in Punjab. If lawyers are taking his advice and they are launching long march from Lahore, it is but natural that they will get official patronage. It means a long march under patronage of provincial government would lead to federal capital. This would result into confrontation between provincial and federal governments.
If sit in of thousand of lawyers and political activists continues for a longer period, the federal government would reconsider its attitude towards this protest in the capital. In the wake of threats of terrorism which country is experiencing and Mian Nawaz Sharif’s outburst for going beyond sit-in would aggravate the situation.
It has been practice, whenever law and order situation arises in capital, federal government calls police force from Punjab. In case of confrontation there is little hope for getting police force from Punjab. This will create a confrontation between the state institutions, which should be avoided.
History is witness to it, when ever confrontation has increased in the democratic era and some one has tried to be superman, it has always invited intervention of third force. Therefore every step should be taken carefully to avoid undue intervention in the democratic and political process….
It is advisable, the third forces should also not opt for adventure as such actions had pushed the country for many years to dark era. It is not the solution of any tension or confrontation taking place during democratic government.
The problems created in democratic set up should be resolved democratically and some way out of negotiations and reconciliation should be founded.
The lawyers are going to stage sit in on March 16 in Islamabad, while PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has committed himself to joining the lawyers’ sit-in for restoration of former chief justice Choudhry Iftikhar Mohammed and other judges and vowed to go beyond sit in, if need arises. He advised the lawyers to launch long march from Lahore to Islamabad.
The government is also forwarding a mixed reaction. It says that protest is democratic right however, political forces should mind it that their action should not invite the intervention of third force.
The issue of restoration of judges is lingering on since the day the present government came into power. Once again lawyers have decided for long march and they are trying to win support of political parties. They succeeded to win over Nawaz Sharif.
PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif while committing to join lawyers sit in went a step ahead and came down hard on President Asif Ali Zardari, accusing him of orchestrating a campaign to disqualify him.
A While accusing President Asif Ali Zardari, Mr Sharif talked about going beyond sit si. His outburst is also quite understandable….. issuing threats would not remain static and opposition may soon take the form of an all-out confrontation. Both parties would try to go further. If that happens, it would be harmful for democracy.
Nawas Sharif’s party is in power in Punjab. If lawyers are taking his advice and they are launching long march from Lahore, it is but natural that they will get official patronage. It means a long march under patronage of provincial government would lead to federal capital. This would result into confrontation between provincial and federal governments.
If sit in of thousand of lawyers and political activists continues for a longer period, the federal government would reconsider its attitude towards this protest in the capital. In the wake of threats of terrorism which country is experiencing and Mian Nawaz Sharif’s outburst for going beyond sit-in would aggravate the situation.
It has been practice, whenever law and order situation arises in capital, federal government calls police force from Punjab. In case of confrontation there is little hope for getting police force from Punjab. This will create a confrontation between the state institutions, which should be avoided.
History is witness to it, when ever confrontation has increased in the democratic era and some one has tried to be superman, it has always invited intervention of third force. Therefore every step should be taken carefully to avoid undue intervention in the democratic and political process….
It is advisable, the third forces should also not opt for adventure as such actions had pushed the country for many years to dark era. It is not the solution of any tension or confrontation taking place during democratic government.
The problems created in democratic set up should be resolved democratically and some way out of negotiations and reconciliation should be founded.
Media and Politics
Relationship between the media and the political sphere is very deep as well as old. A strong thought exists that how the media should work in the service of democracy, while rulers have always tried to use media to achieve their political goal and personal interests.
With the development of all social and applied sciences this branch of science also grew and its uses also changed with the passage of time. What we see the role, shape and affectivity of the media today it had never been before.
Its effectiveness is also great, which have never been in the history earlier. This affectivity has roots in technological revolution as well as other social and applied sciences development.
Now politics has become impossible without media, as the media has important role to play in running the government affairs. The media try to explain the government's goals and policies, helping to mobilize and reinforce public support necessary for effective political action.
In reporting on politics, the media help select the issues that are to receive public attention and help shape the public agenda.
In today’s world with the help of media it has become easy to prove truth as lie and vice versa. Political parties are aware about it. Therefore they had got expertise in using mass media in their interests.
Electronic media and private TV channels are new phenomena in Pakistan... In a very short period the weaknesses of electronic media have been exposed.
The major weakness is the uses and misuses by the political parties. We have seen electronic media had given undue importance to some issues. Some times they had buried the real issues and did not receive any mention whatsoever.
A section of electronic media had been indulged in this practice.
It has been observed, if any event or political decision is not reported in the media, that means it had not taken place. It is surprising that importance and very existence of events and decisions depends on media.
If some one is not in media means he does not exist in the world.
The electronic media presented crisis cropped up after disqualification of Sharif Brothers ten times larger than its original size. So much so with over playing the Sharifs disqualification all the other issues went down the drain and were buried. Live coverage of protests created a perception as if protests have broken out all over the country. Its size, scale and affectivity were presented larger than life.
President Asif Ali Zardari pointed out, PML-N was playing a media game and the media should stop this game.
There are number of political parties which are alive only in media or through media, otherwise, they have little existence in society. They issue statements to media and try to affect the crisis.
In fact, such political parties do not represent a sizeable section of society would not live longer but for time being are complicating the situation….
This power of media can be used in constructive manner. The media can play an important role while highlighting the real issues to finding their solutions. This would restrain politicians from misuse of media but would also develop pressure on politicians to pay due attention to these real issue.
It is media that can check and criticize this negative role of media.
With the development of all social and applied sciences this branch of science also grew and its uses also changed with the passage of time. What we see the role, shape and affectivity of the media today it had never been before.
Its effectiveness is also great, which have never been in the history earlier. This affectivity has roots in technological revolution as well as other social and applied sciences development.
Now politics has become impossible without media, as the media has important role to play in running the government affairs. The media try to explain the government's goals and policies, helping to mobilize and reinforce public support necessary for effective political action.
In reporting on politics, the media help select the issues that are to receive public attention and help shape the public agenda.
In today’s world with the help of media it has become easy to prove truth as lie and vice versa. Political parties are aware about it. Therefore they had got expertise in using mass media in their interests.
Electronic media and private TV channels are new phenomena in Pakistan... In a very short period the weaknesses of electronic media have been exposed.
The major weakness is the uses and misuses by the political parties. We have seen electronic media had given undue importance to some issues. Some times they had buried the real issues and did not receive any mention whatsoever.
A section of electronic media had been indulged in this practice.
It has been observed, if any event or political decision is not reported in the media, that means it had not taken place. It is surprising that importance and very existence of events and decisions depends on media.
If some one is not in media means he does not exist in the world.
The electronic media presented crisis cropped up after disqualification of Sharif Brothers ten times larger than its original size. So much so with over playing the Sharifs disqualification all the other issues went down the drain and were buried. Live coverage of protests created a perception as if protests have broken out all over the country. Its size, scale and affectivity were presented larger than life.
President Asif Ali Zardari pointed out, PML-N was playing a media game and the media should stop this game.
There are number of political parties which are alive only in media or through media, otherwise, they have little existence in society. They issue statements to media and try to affect the crisis.
In fact, such political parties do not represent a sizeable section of society would not live longer but for time being are complicating the situation….
This power of media can be used in constructive manner. The media can play an important role while highlighting the real issues to finding their solutions. This would restrain politicians from misuse of media but would also develop pressure on politicians to pay due attention to these real issue.
It is media that can check and criticize this negative role of media.
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