Jan Achakzai accuses Dawn of promoting western agenda
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 12 January 2019
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Jan Achakzai has criticized Dawn for allegedly promoting a western agenda that portrays Pakistan negatively. His comments followed a column in Dawn that described Pakistan as a failed state.Summary
ISLAMABAD – Politician Jan Achakzai has accused Dawn of promoting western agenda of proving Pakistan a failed state.
He tweeted that Dawn was on a “war footing” in doing so with the Washington Post, New York Times and The Economist.
He pointed out the narrative of the western media was being pushed through with “our own money and on our own soil.”
Achakzai’s tweet referred to Irfan Husain’s column published in Dawn on Saturday.
DAWN is on war footing w/ WP, NYT & Economist to prove Pakistan a failed state. Alas, propaganda narrative of western media pushed through at our own money, on our own soil, yet feeedom of speech complains. https://t.co/XVGhRIEnMS
— Jan Achakzai (@Jan_Achakzai) January 12, 2019
Titled ‘Our missing mojo’ the writer says the harsh reality is that Pakistan is now regarded as a bankrupt country that mistreats its minorities and women, and is a violent, dangerous country to visit.
Achakzai copied this part of the article along with his tweet.
“DAWN is on war footing w/ WP, NYT & Economist to prove Pakistan a failed state. Alas, propaganda narrative of western media pushed through at our own money, on our own soil, yet feeedom (sic) of speech complains (sic).”
Photo: Twitter (Jan_Achakzai)
Key Points
- Jan Achakzai accuses Dawn of promoting a western agenda.
- He claims the narrative is pushed with Pakistan's own resources.
- The criticism is linked to a column by Irfan Husain in Dawn.
- Achakzai highlights the portrayal of Pakistan as a failed state.
- The remarks emphasize concerns over media narratives in Pakistan.
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