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Muna and Tooba

Journalists Muna Khan & Tooba Masood-Khan examine the media landscape in Pakistan

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Muna Khan speaks to veteran journalist Ghazi Salahuddin about what it was like to work as an editor in Karachi during General Ziaul Haq's rule, a period considered one of the darkest for journalists and civil rights activists.  He talks about why he courted arrest, his meeting with General Zia, the "chalaaki" he did when writing his Karachi Diary for at least a decade and whether comparisons between the censorship today to that period is fair. This conversation is conducted in English and Urdu.

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Many of our sources across Pakistan complained their newsrooms were led by managers ill equipped to deal with the disruption caused by technological advancement and social media. Newsroom managers, however, lay the blame on management or media owners. Where does the truth lie? Journalists Muna Khan and Tooba Masood-Khan attempt to answer some tough questions 

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Journalists Muna Khan & Tooba Masood-Khan report on the media landscape in Pakistan with a specific focus on how the digital media landscape has disrupted traditional media and how newsroom culture has evolved over the years. 

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