The report appeared on The News;
No red flags have been raised or concerns conveyed by the Obama Administration to Pakistan on the extraordinary warmth and exuberance shown between Pakistan and Iran in the recent three-country summit in Islamabad, raising a lot of questions about the real nature of support and confidence Washington has in the Zardari regime.
Comments:
- The reporter has tried to sensationalize a story by giving the headline “Pak- Iran love affair does not bother US”.
- The news report contains the scribe’s own comments and opinions on the main page.
The report appeared in DAWN
We seem to live by controversies, thrive on them. Why should one feel enraged by the latest one then? Well, with very good reason. In the early sixties, when polio forced me to learn to walk a second time before reaching the age of three, I hadn’t been immunized, was then misdiagnosed and treated wrongly. Knowledge in our part of the world then was scanty at best.
Comments:
- This can be categorized in an opinionated column rather than news report.
- This is an analysis printed on the front page. It should have been included in the op-ed section.
The report appeared in Pakistan Observer;
Experts in Pakistan believe that Osama bin Laden’s Yemeni wife and children now in Pakistan may reveal many secrets behind Osama drama and can disclose facts that can embarrass many. Pakistan has not yet agreed to release Osma bin Laden’s wife Amal Ahmed al-Sadah and her daughter Safiyah bin Laden, the two who are the eye-witnesses of Abbottabad episode conducted by US Special Forces on May 2, 2011.
Comments:
- The report throughout also contains the scribe’s own assumptions, regarding the matter.
- There has been no proof as per the report of Osama Bin Ladin Operation, but an observation has been added by unnamed “experts”.
- This can be categorized in an opinionated column rather than news report.
The report appeared in Pakistan Observer:
Islamabad—Names of the four houses of Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, Murree have been changed to their original British colonial nomenclature, thanks to “sagacious and patriotic” decision of the college governing board. The names of the four houses of the college which were changed were Jinnah, Iqbal, Babur and Tipu, the Muslim heroes of South Asia.
Comments:
- This can be categorized in an opinionated column rather than news report.
- This is an analysis printed on the front page. It should have been included in the op-ed section.
The report appeared in Pakistan Observer:
Islamabad—Keeping in view financial crises and poor economy due to war against terrorism, Federal government has decided to revise its policy regarding provision of funds to various departments.
The sources said that Finance Ministry has reduced the grant to all the ministries, divisions and government functionaries by 20 percent as these departments would be provided 15 percent of total allocation instead of 35 percent in first two quarters of the fiscal year 2011-12.
The source told Online that in this regard Secretary Finance have been given special powers for issuing additional funds. All cases demanding extra funds would be routed through Budget Wing Ministry of Finance, which would be approved by Secretary Finance.
Comments:
- The news story fails to provide the identity of the sources that have been quoted and provided information and the report has been published on the back page.
- The report throughout also contains the scribe’s own assumptions, regarding the matter.
The report appeared in Pakistan Observer;
PUNJAB Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, is keeping his track record intact solidly delivering on his public commitments on the dot. Much to the discomfiture of his detractors who have been virtually swept by his solid achievements. After his series of remarkable initiatives in various directions, health, education, infrastructure building, development, agriculture, social welfare, etc, he has already delivered on various important projects, started earlier but were left to linger and languish due to sheer incompetence, massive corruption and other reasons to considerably inflate their originally stipulated costs.
Comments:
- This can be categorized in an opinionated column rather than news report.
- This is a poorly structured report, and example of clear unprofessional reporting, given on the national page of the newspaper.
