The media streams are being controlled by the beneficiaries of the system.
The electronic media are being paid billions of rupees from public exchequer, for their sycophantic opinions about the performance of government. These exorbitant advertisement bills paid from public exchequer are meant to project the political persons of ruling parties.
Zafar Wassan
The period of enlightenment is considered a turning point for Europe in the annals of history. In this period the people started to think rationally and independently with a view to bring the change in terms societal values, economy policies and scientific theories. The philosophy of reason got the place in minds of people. They started to think beyond the church’s guidelines. In this connection, Voltaire pleaded the case of freedom of expression. He believed in freedom of speech and presenting different ideas rationally beyond the church’s direction. Later on Roseau presented the case of liberty and freedom of speech. He was of the opinion that human dignity should prevail over the governance systems and societal values. These philosophical thoughts changed the minds of the people. This freedom of expression caused to end the monarchies and despotic government in Europe. The freedom of expression given the way to distant opinion. This distant line of thinking caused to evolve new science theories, like human evolution, laws of motion, law of gravitation. These theories and their applicability opened the doors for new invention. After enlightenment period, it was industrial revolution that brought a turn in the lives of people. The European societies which were suffering from the travails of poverty, epidemics and ignorance were converted in a modern society in terms of societal values, science and economical uplift.
In view of above discussion, it is proven fact that freedom of speech and expression paves the way for development. The distant opinion causes accountability of the government. The accountability caused to improve governance systems. The improved governance paves way for better service delivery systems. In present situation, country is suffering from economic crisis and indebted with international loans. The growth is not in conformity with the population growth rate, therefore, poverty figures are scaling up. In such a critical scenario, we should think about the governance lacunae and follow the footsteps of developed countries who are now leading the world in terms social, economic, technological and industrial development. It is only scientific and industrial advancement which changes the growth figures in ascending line. We should welcome the critical analysis about the faults of economy which are impaired by the bad governance. The accountability mechanism should be set in operation with a view to improve the governance. It is dilemma that electronic and print media is not playing its role as it is being played in developed countries. The media streams are being controlled by the beneficiaries of this system. The electronic media are being paid billions of rupees from public exchequer, for their sycophantic opinions about the performance of government. These exorbitant advertisement bills paid from public exchequer are meant to project the political persons of ruling parties. It has given the way to lap journalism. In developed societies, the media is supposed to play the watch dog role for ill motivated actions of politicians. The eulogies of “It is all is well” is being streamed from toady journalists is dragging back our society to dark ages. In view of this critical analysis, the civil society should unite for a better governance. This unity should meant to correct and reform the governance with ultimate objective to work for the welfare of the people. The stronger economies always run by the power of laws. The laws are meant to ensure justice, merit and equality to avail the chances in the process of development. Eventually, the laws and regulations to run the system, ensure the economic growth and positive returns from the investment. The internal security mechanism cannot deliver meaningful outcomes, unless it is supported by good governance systems.
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Hailing from Sanghar district of Sindh, the author served as public functionary on various senior positions. Now, regularly writing as freelance writer.
