Dear Admin:
Why do we have people like Shahid Masood (Meray Mutabiq) here ? He is a compromised individual, having done soul-selling, Faustian deals with those whose crimes against the country, institutions and people of Pakistan we are still suffering from. One of the main reasons many of us come to Pkpolitics is because of the quality material of a political and cultural nature available here--and also because there are stand-up acts among the participants like Javedshiekh, larki and mulla---but when we see these whores of journalism selling their bogus and hypocritical wares, again and again, we feel rather disappointed.
Just because he---and other maraasis like Javed Chaudhry (kal tak) and Iftikhar (jawab deh)---say things that are ideologically/politically in line with your politcs (roughly translated as pro Imran-PTI, pro Sharif bros. and others of the ilk) does not mean that he should be given space here. Wittingly or unwittingly you have given these shameless bozos a new life and respectibility and many have already forgotten the unforgiveable crimes of these opportunists. This is one reason why institutions, as opposed to oft-proven corrupt individuals, don't take root in Pakistan: one should not be too surprised now to see the imminent return of the Fawji zalim Musharraf back in politics and power, just like Shahid Masood is now back as a "respectable" journalist. Memories are too short, things get forgotten too easily: we refuse to learn from the past. In a way, some of the media anchors and column writers---for whatever reasons---are accomplices in the fostering and promotion of such collective amnesia.
The media and internet sites like this play crucial roles in resucsitating these dead and rejected monsters and making them look "respectable" again. This is unfortunate, although some would like to call this practice as democratic and a freedom of expression issue. Just look how that criminal cow of Rawalpindi (Sheikh Rashid) is getting unnecessary media space and reviving his political fortunes thanks to these TV political talk shows (often on the TV shows of typically Punjabi maskharas like Javed Chaudry and Iftikhar but recently even on a show like Talat's, which was really disappointing!). These failures crave to be on these shows because they know that the media (the anchors) is the magic pill that will give their political life a new lease. Our salavation lies in the once-and-for-all rejection of these anti-people monsters. How many times do we, the people of Pakistan, want to test and try them out ? We cannot afford the same any more.
Decency, if not justice, demands that this site shows some respect for its audience and shun these black sheep of the profession of journalism. They are all poor quality material who do not deserve to be on this otherwise decent, high quality and wonderful site. Thank you.
