12/28/2008 Show – Role of Pakistani Political Talk Shows and Interview with Neelofar Abbasi

Posted by Prod Q on December 24, 2008

The role of Political Talk shows in creating Political Awareness among the Pakistani masses:

Introduction:
In recent years Pakistani media scene has created a new concept of Political Talkshows which are now being religiously followed by the common masses.Also due to the accessibility of channels in village Autaaqs,
Baithaks and Deras, it is creating a silent revolution in Pakistan which some proponents say. Some also say that it is encouraging to have dialogue between various political entities which will eventually lead into a consensus on major issues faced by the country.

There is another group which thinks that these political talk shows have done nothing in creating awarenes. More than five years have passed since these shows started and we still see the same politicians get elected. All shows have become a forum for fist fight. There are people who see these shows as mere “Anchor Tamasha” just for having fun where they analyze who won and who lost and who lied on TV and who did not lie.

Guest : Our guests list include renowned political talk show anchor, Kashif Abbasi of ARY One World, he will be with us on the call. We will also try to schedule a renowned blogger as well on this topic.

Here are the items:
1. Discuss the positive aspects of these talkshows. Are they creating awareness in villages autaaqs and deras.

2. Discuss the negative aspects. What do the anchors do when they are 100 % sure that the guest is lying. Dont you think that it gives a wrong impression to the viewers.

3. Are these shows politically motivated, do the anchors have a hidden
agenda that they want to push.

4. Are there some anchors who tend to lose partiality. How can the anchors address this. Also sometimes,the anchor speaks most of the time and takes over the guests. Sometimes it is the other way round for example Kashif Abbasi interviewed Hussain Haqqani and the guest took over him.

5. Role of media in the Civil Society movement

5. Are these shows trying to ease out tensions between India and
Pakistan or they are being Hawkish. Also sometimes we discuss sensitivie issues of national security on TV,is it good. Does the anchors follow blogging sites and pakistani bloggers ?

6. Also why the TV Anchors use Urdu / English mixed language in the Talkshows. If we see Indian Talk Shows they speak very heavy Hindi although some of these terms are difficult to speak but still they use and they dont replace that with English for the sake of convenience.

6. List of suggestions to the media giants in order to improve these shows. Need more diverse guests,
include youth participation in the youth or have a separate show on regular TV channels to encourage them to speak on politics. More programs on common man issues, local issues on political talk shows. Use of Urdu Language more.

A Candid Interview with Neelofar Abbasi

Second Hour will contain a live interview of Neelofar Abbasi, Pakistan’s leading drama actress who started his career from Radio Pakistan Karachi and then become the most popular drama heroine. She is still remembered as “Shehzori” a drama which is still being watched whenever it is played on PTV. She migrated to US and currently living in New York.

Please call us at our studio numbers 847-475-1555 to 57 (3 lines) in order to ask questions to your favorite personalities.

Here are the links to the show to listen :

Hour 1: Youth Show and song requests. Click Here to Listen
Hour 2 : Talk Radio with Kashif Abbasi of ARY. Click Here to Listen
Hour 3 : Renowned Actress, Broadcaster, Neelofar Abbasi, followed by Mujalla and then discussion by Mujahid Ghazi and Rauf Tabani from Pakistan. Click Here to Listen