Absar Alam is a Journalist and former Chairman of PEMRA.
Absar Alam comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Journalists having a political opinion, Polarization, General Faiz, General Bajwa, Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif, the Establishment, The Elite, the Military, Hybrid Regime, Parliamentary Democracy, Media Management, PEMRA and more.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Journalists having a political opinion and Polarization created by the Media
6:00 Judiciary and Bureaucracy compromising with the Establishment
16:00 Establishment, The Elite and The Political Class
23:30 Punjabi Elite, Baloch Leaders and The structure of the Federation
33:00 The Institution of the Military vs the People involved
38:00 Media working for the Establishment to spread Propaganda
46:30 Is Nawaz Sharif now the new Hybrid Regime? How Democracy can win?
56:00 Coalition Government vs a Fresh Mandate; How a consensus can be built?
1:03:30 Kya Nawaz Sharif ko Laya ja raha hay? And Parliamentary Democracy
1:14:43 Media management by the Military
1:22:40 Absar Alam being made Chairman PEMRA
1:33:15 Audience Questions
