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I.A. Rehman
SITTING before the idiot box the other day, I was marvelling at the speed with which Pakistan Television has reverted to its Ayub period mould as it informed the people about the Pakistan Democratic Movement, the 11-party opposition alliance, as seen by spokespersons of the government, in the following words: “PDM politics not in national interest”, “PDM is dancing to the tune of foreign powers”, “PDM is unable to stomach progress”, “the opposition is a gang of Banarsi thugs”, “Tehreek-i-Insaf has destroyed the roots of the decadent and corrupt system”. Since PTV takes notice of the opposition only when something is said against it and usually doesn’t consider worth reporting what it says, one has to go to the print media to get the opposition’s version of the ground reality and it can be summed up in a few words.