6 ways to tell that it's a bad time to be a journalist in Pakistan
By Omar R Quraishi 1. Self censorship To some extent this has always been there in Pakistan. As a reporter or an editor you are trained on the job to not talk or write about certain things and you know it's best (for you) if you tend to gloss over certain issues or altogether ignore them. Examples are the state's policies with regards to India, America and Afghanistan. Of course, you will find some debate and discussion on this in the English print media which has a limited audience but you won't any discussion on it on the TV talk shows. In the case of CPEC, the only time there was any debate about its potential costs to Pakistan's economy was when Adviser to the PM on Commerce and Industry Abdur Razzak Dawood said in an interview to the Financial Times (a UK paper) that the new government intended a review of CPEC and its addition to the country's debt burden. However, most journalists and reporters will tend to take the easy path