Writing Resources
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is an amalgamation of different religions ethnicities cultures and languages It is home to different minorities groups including Hindus Christians Sikh Ahmadis Parsi and others Rights of religious minorities is one of the most debatable and complex issues in the country Religious and ethnic minorities are victims of persecution discrimination and harassment despite globalization widespread education and media boom Media is considered to be the fourth state of a society and hence it is expected to cover all marginalized sections of the society and report all minority related issues in an unbiased and responsible way Media plays a key role in informing people about minority related issues and incidents and it is expected from the media to report and cover them in a rigorous and an unbiased way However in Pakistan the under representation and misrepresentation of religious minorities in the media is one of the major causes of disgrace and embarrassment of the minorities Immediately after partition Pakistan faced a shortage of funds that resulted in a lack of filming equipment and production houses During the reign of General Ayub Khan control of film and television was in the hands of the state and film was used as a medium to enforce government propaganda It was during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's era that a new policy for censorship and releasing films was adopted and the National Film Development Corporation was established
