Muhammad Farooq HussainC.No 01

Subject : MS-CS

The power of the media is so immense that it can lead tomisconception & confusion. My home country Pakistanhas been a victim of western media over the years.

As a Pakistani, I feel I’ve a responsibility to clear up thesemisconceptions. My presentation may not changepeople’s perception of Pakistan. However they mayquestion western reporting.

Its not in the remote, jungle area, but its an area which is relatively close to the capital of Pakistan, it’s a scary place

The Most Dangerous Nation In the World Isn’t

Iraq.It’s Pakistan

It is a south Asian country bordered by china and India. They don’t speak Arabic nor they are Arabs. In many western video games, you will see people speaking Arabic and words written in Arabic as well.

But in reality the language of Pakistan is Urdu which is nowhere close to Arabic, people of Pakistan are considered Asian.

Pakistan is not a middle east country

This is Malala Yousufzai, the first Pakistani to win a Nobel prize.

I am proud of her and surely all Pakistanis are.

But the way western media represents her in her owninterviews brought even more confusion about Pakistan.

“I am proud that I am the first Pakistani and the first young

person who is getting this award”

In her interviews it seems all girls are banned from school in Pakistan

Of course there are problems but the question is

Are all the girls banned from going to school in Pakistan?

The answer is no a big NOIt is the northern part of Pakistan where things are going bad.

Many of the people who live in that region are conservative.

But Malala yousafzai, who herself is from northern Pakistan always neglects to mention its happening only in some of these areas.

In big cities the story is quite different , in universities about 80 to 85 percent of Pakistani’s medical students are girls according to Dr. Mirza Ali ( the secretary general of the Pakistan medical association).

Women are playing such a big role in politics, Army, media it’s hard to find any other Muslim nation as progressive.

Pakistan is known for its heritage, culture, music and looks but if you mention Pakistan in the western world people may imagine

This This Or may be this

This is Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, a Pakistani tennis player which is a world top ten doubles player. After the quarter final game at the US OPEN here is what Aisam had to say…

Every time I come here there is a very long perception

about Pakistan that Pakistan is a terrorist country .we are very friendly, loving & caring people. we want peace in this

world as much as you guys want.

In the end I would like to tell you that Pakistan is not the safest country. But there is always a bright side too. For the western media these stories are not interesting enough to make their breaking news.

My presentation may not change people’s perception completely. I just want people to see beyond what they believe and what they have been watching in the news and in movies.

I would like to finish my presentation with…………