{"id":44312,"date":"2025-03-28T13:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=44312"},"modified":"2025-03-28T20:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:56:42","slug":"journalists-of-capital-of-pakistan-foreign-food-assistance-many-on-meal-packages-favorites-on-million-packages-by-tazeen-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/journalists-of-capital-of-pakistan-foreign-food-assistance-many-on-meal-packages-favorites-on-million-packages-by-tazeen-akhtar\/","title":{"rendered":"JOURNALISTS OF CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN @ FOREIGN FOOD ASSISTANCE ! Many on Meal Packages ! Favorites on Million Packages &#8211; by Tazeen Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44343\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tazeen_Akhtar_Editor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tazeen_Akhtar_Editor.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tazeen_Akhtar_Editor-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tazeen_Akhtar_Editor-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Tazeen Akhtar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The plight of Pakistani journalists can be better understood from the fact that , they are compelled to receiving humanitarian aid from the foreign countries in regular ceremonies and the press releases with pictures are being distributed in their press and media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many mainstream media outlets issued the salaries of March at the end of March and that half heartedly when Eid is only a few days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>How the journalists can feel while receiving food assistance from an ambassador of another country in front of fellow journalists while the leader journalists are sharing the stage with the donors?<\/p>\n<p>This raises the questions on not only the Ministry of Information &amp; Broadcasting of Pakistan and provinces\u00a0 but speaks loud about what the media owners are doing with the journalists thank to whose work they earn millions in shape of readership and viewership. As far as , Ministry of Information, Gov of Pakistan is concerned, it has obliged a number of journalists on hundreds of thousands of PKR remunerations at PTV and other subordinate departments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This state of affairs can be seen as &#8221; Common journalists on Meal Packages ! Favorite Journalists on Millions&#8217; Packages&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lXyUpEmrkc\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/fetos-back-bone-broken-gulens-repatriation-from-usa-awaited-ambassador-ihsan-mustafa-by-tazeen-akhtar\/\">FETO\u2019s Back Bone Broken- Gulen\u2019s Repatriation from USA Awaited -Ambassador Ihsan Mustafa-by Tazeen Akhtar<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;FETO\u2019s Back Bone Broken- Gulen\u2019s Repatriation from USA Awaited -Ambassador Ihsan Mustafa-by Tazeen Akhtar&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/fetos-back-bone-broken-gulens-repatriation-from-usa-awaited-ambassador-ihsan-mustafa-by-tazeen-akhtar\/embed\/#?secret=fPjf8wdXCQ#?secret=lXyUpEmrkc\" data-secret=\"lXyUpEmrkc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And what to say when the assistance does not reach to the real deserving journalists? The brotherly spirit of Turkish embassy and the collaborators is appreciative but the assistance in this shape and the way to deliver can be reviewed. Further, the assistance did not reach to 200 rightly deserving journalists and everything was done in haste like it was a thought , that came late. Ramadan or Ramzan already almost over.<\/p>\n<p>Latest in this regard was seen at National Press Club Islamabad where 200 food packages were made available. This initiative was in collaboration with Diyanet Foundation T\u00fcrkiye and the IHH T\u00fcrkiye (<i lang=\"tr\"> \u0130nsani Yard\u0131m Vakf\u0131<\/i> &#8211; The Foundation for Human Rights , Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief)).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reliable sources shared with this scribe that , the Turkish side appeared with 200 food packs at National Press Club when the admin of NPC was not fully ready to deliver them personally to 200 deserving journalists. This was the point that added to making a situation there.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NPC admin and opposition of NPC under leadership of\u00a0 Mazhar Iqbal , both are already helping the needy journalists but with their own process , not asking them to visit NPC and receive help from there but to dispatch\/ carry\u00a0 the help to their homes keeping their privacy and dignity.<\/p>\n<p>But Turkish side insisted to give the packs to journalists at the spot that was impossible at the time because 1- It was not the policy of NPC 2- Gathering 200 needy was not possible. NPC has a list of needy journalists who are helped in a silent systematic process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"erB25BSNPl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/because-u-sa-asked-for-it-10-questions-on-the-monsters-arrest-and-extradition-by-pakistan-tazeen-akhtar\/\">BECAUSE &#8230;.U&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.SA &#8230; ASKED FOR IT &#8211; 10 Questions on the Monster&#8217;s Arrest and Extradition by Pakistan &#8211; Tazeen Akhtar<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;BECAUSE &#8230;.U&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.SA &#8230; ASKED FOR IT &#8211; 10 Questions on the Monster&#8217;s Arrest and Extradition by Pakistan &#8211; Tazeen Akhtar&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/because-u-sa-asked-for-it-10-questions-on-the-monsters-arrest-and-extradition-by-pakistan-tazeen-akhtar\/embed\/#?secret=a7DDsG9cJa#?secret=erB25BSNPl\" data-secret=\"erB25BSNPl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Turkish side insisted to deliver maximum packs at the spot and also have footage of handing over the packs to fulfill the requirement of NGO. A common journalist knows better that NGOs need pictures and videos to satisfy their executives \/ donors that the donations reached to their destination. Here NPC convinced the Turkish side on not taking pictures \/ footage for the sake of the dignity of the journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Second demand about delivering the packs personally on the spot was partially met as NPC admin tried their best to gathered maximum number of journalists but it was not possible\u00a0 obviously. Only 50 to 60 persons could be presented at the spot.<\/p>\n<p>The sides can look into the procedures for next time to avoid any controversy or mismanagement. When NPC is already in touch with Turkish Embassy for last many months ,it is easy for both sides to forge a better plan for future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xfLBtDPUFe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/tika-of-turkiye-supported-state-of-the-art-conference-hall-of-national-press-club-islamabad\/\">TIKA of Turkiye Supported State of the Art Conference Hall of National Press Club Islamabad<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;TIKA of Turkiye Supported State of the Art Conference Hall of National Press Club Islamabad&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/tika-of-turkiye-supported-state-of-the-art-conference-hall-of-national-press-club-islamabad\/embed\/#?secret=jKMU1zNkdg#?secret=xfLBtDPUFe\" data-secret=\"xfLBtDPUFe\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NPC President Azhar Jatoi, while addressing the handover,\u00a0 proposed collaborative training programs for journalists , further strengthening bilateral ties in the media sector.\u00a0 Senior Vice President Ehtisham-ul-Haq highlighted T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s scholarship program for over 200 Pakistani students, a significant contribution fostering educational cooperation between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion from the President NPC and comment from SVP provide a way forward to helping the needy journalists in a respectable manner. The journalist community of Islamabad is thankful to Turkish Embassy , TIKA for upgrading a hall at NPC and continued engagements with NPC to build close relations with Pakistani press.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This phenomenon can further be improved to fetch better and consolidated results for both sides rather one time cooperation like food packs that raises criticism along with\u00a0 appreciation. Above all, there should and must be some difference in between the floods , earthquakes , war victims of far flung areas and journalists of capital city of Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last but not the least, as Turkish Embassy attaches great value with teachings and statements of our national leaders M.A Jannah and Iqbal, we can refer to a verse by Iqbal to highlight our point about food distribution among the journalists. Iqbal gives the lesson of SELF (Khudi);<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"quoteText\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mera Tareeq Ameeri Nahin, Faqeeri Hai,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Khudi Na Baich, Ghareebi Mein Naam Paida Kar<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We humbly request please do not hurt the SELF of poor journalists &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZBJ88k05EK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 March 2025&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-march-2025\/embed\/#?secret=PVfHeHeYvM#?secret=ZBJ88k05EK\" data-secret=\"ZBJ88k05EK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tazeen Akhtar The plight of Pakistani journalists can be better understood from the fact that , they are compelled to receiving humanitarian aid from the foreign countries in regular ceremonies and the press releases with pictures are being distributed in their press and media. Many mainstream media outlets issued the salaries of March at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1772,1475,524,424,251,552,2573,354,2131,48,1060,1961],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44312"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44372,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44312\/revisions\/44372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}