Our Pemra Correspondent
Islamabad
In his last program before the 45-day ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, Dr Shahid Masood publicly asked the authority about how he will inform the public if the world happens to end during the duration of the ban.
“I have said time and again, the end of the world is nigh. I mean it could be any day now,” said the anchor. “When it happens, the public will seek out my expert opinion as I inform them of the minute-by-minute development of the end of the world.”
“Yes, Hazrat Israfeel’s horn we will all hear, but I still need to be there to analyse the situation till the qayamat or rapture actually concludes,” he continued. “I don’t believe that the public should be denied my expert opinion. I think all watching this program would agree.”
“I would like all of you to sign a petition on change.org to plead with the government to let me back on air the moment there are signs that the world will end,” he said.
When contacted, Pemra chief Absar Alam said, “Yeah, sure. Whatever.”
I am sorry for Dr. Shahid Masood. I am more sorry for ourselves that we have these kind of smart people with us who do no useful work.
Even after ban he and his cronies of ARY channel have been threatening the govt, PEMRA, and Absar Alam. The courts should take action against PEMRA for failing to ban this channel.
One may call it Divine Intervention but Absar Alam couldn’t have appeared at a better time then now. He personifies a perfect specimen of the type of persons Nawaz Sharif wants to see around him; passive, submissive, slavish, doscile and totally unprincipled. Greed further breeds sychophancy and greedy he is. To top it all Absar Alam is a subordinate of Mrs Captain (retd)Safdar who bypasses Mr Pervez Rashid and runs her own Information Ministry from PM House.
Comments are closed.