Hussain Bux Mallah writes that media biases in Pakistan continue to destabilize a democratically elected government.

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It is a common assumption of Salariat middle class of Pakistan that India, America and Israel are common enemy of Islam and Pakistan. A large number of media anchors, writers and intellectual from emerging middle class of Pakistan particularly some media anchors of Geo group are in agitation mode against the democratic government in Pakistan. They believe that politicians are not a force to save Islam and Pakistan from external anti-Islam forces but Pakistan army and its secret agencies is the last option for existence Islamic state of Pakistan. 

The word “establishment” is well defined recently by senior politician Choudhri Aitzaz Hussain and the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. Both leaders have illustrated well the term “establishment” that it is not a permanent body but changed overtime. It is presumed that head of military and secret agency or second tier senior officers waiting for those posts may play a role to establish a new body of the establishment to deteriorate or confiscate a political government.  It is fact that establishment is a mind set and it is obviously a mind set of middle class scared of any damage to Islamic identity of Pakistan by external powers. 

The chief justice of Pakistan was restored extra legally by road power with effective intervention of sitting General Kiani. Choudhri Aitzaz and Mian Shahbaz Sharif had illegitimate meetings with Genera Kiani to put pressure on elected leaders of Pakistan to restore CJ by an executive order. The intellectuals of Pakistan are criticizing that delayed decision of civil government and posturing that delay as major cause of tension between freed judiciary and civil government of Pakistan. That means that judiciary is biased because it was not restored honourably and with legal manors but by establishment’s pressure.  The recent verdict on NRO of freed judiciary is also being criticized by senior politicians and lawyers.  

It is difficult to assume recent body of the establishment because its membership is open for all and there is no cut of date. The head of ISI had refused to go India for joint investigation of Mumbai disaster and refused to appear before UN commission on killing of a great leader of Islamic state of Pakistan.  

The democratic government has defended two major hits by establishment one was restoration of judiciary and second one is decision on NRO. The different bodies of establishment decides different ways for disempowering a political government which wants to fight jihadis and wants friendly relations with neighbouring country and world powers.  

The freed media anchors are not interesting to explore ISPR’s rustic news that five terrorists killed and two soldiers injured in Orakzai military operation. The media researchers are not interested to explore disappearance of political activists. They are bound not legally but morally not to interview any sitting Army general or ISI officer responsible for killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. But feel responsible for scrutiny of little daughter of a sitting chief justice and through untiring effort they easily reach departments secrets. They are interested to analysis President’s speech to dig out word “Qasoor” used 65 times. Another torch bearer anchor is interested in attire of an elected president. It is not difficult to assume regarding formation of new body of the establishment which is responsible destabilizing democratic government. Moullana Fazal Reheman of JUI disclosed about meeting General Kiani with politicians in Dubai but no media anchor was interested to explore that more. It is fact that newly emerged middle class intellectuals are loyal with Pakistan as an Islamic state and they are in hurry to criticize president of Pakistan and popular party of Pakistan but actually they are criticizing the state of Pakistan and damaging its solidarity by invoking tension between freed and powerful judiciary and state of Pakistan.   

People of Pakistan have voted and authorized the elected people not only to govern Pakistan for five years but for powerful governance. Let us come out of a phobia that India, Israel and America will demise Pakistan if army will not be in power in Pakistan. Judiciary and Army personals are paid servants of state of Pakistan and constitution don’t allow them to govern country. Some prejudice pro-establishment media anchors are creating disharmony in politics of Pakistan. The media groups should decide limits and protocols.