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MQM protests against ARY News

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 25 March 2015

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MQM protests against ARY News
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a protest against ARY News for its reporting on a Rangers raid. Party leaders criticized the media's portrayal of MQM and demanded an end to the ongoing media trial.
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Wednesday staged a protest against ARY News Television for airing programs on Rangers’ raid on Nine-Zero, the party's political headquarters in Karachi.
The party’s parliamentarians said their “media trial” was being held by certain news channels and demanded that it should end immediately.
Members of the party seemed quite perturbed over a CCTV video of Rangers raid that was broadcast by anchor Mubasher Lucman (pictured) in his program ‘Khara Sach.’
MQM MPA in Sindh Assembly, Sardar Ahmed said the media is portraying the good as evil.
The party leader Faisal Sabzwari, however, questioned as to why the media trial of only MQM was being conducted.
The operation against the MQM has raised concerns over the government’s intention and the court’s functionality, he said, vowing to raise these issues in the Sindh Assembly too.
“Even the worst criminals are allowed to give their account of an event in courts but why the MQM workers don’t,” Sabzwari asked.

Key Points

  • MQM protests against ARY News for airing a controversial CCTV video.
  • Party members express concerns over media's portrayal of their political actions.
  • Faisal Sabzwari questions the fairness of media trials targeting only MQM.
  • The operation against MQM raises concerns regarding government intentions.
  • MQM pledges to address these issues in the Sindh Assembly.

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