Role in Exposing Corruption
Since the introduction of these vibrant TV channels, many major corruption cases and scams have been unveiled by journalists. Notable among them are:
- The Pakistan Steel Mills Rs.26 billion scam;
- National Insurance Company Limited scandal;
- Bribery and corruption in Pakistan International Airlines which caused losses of $500 million;
- Embezzlement in Pakistan Railways causing massive financial losses;
- Hajj corruption case;
- NATO containers' case where 40 containers heading for ISAF in Afghanistan went missing;
- Rental power projects corruption
- Ephedrine quota case, a scandal involving the son of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to pressure officials of the Health Ministry to allocate a quota of controlled chemical ephedrine to two different pharmaceutical companies.
- Malik Riaz’s 'Media Gate' in which the son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is said to have taken money from Malik Riaz to give favourable decisions from the Supreme Court.
“Malik Riaz’s case proved that the media can hold the judiciary and even itself accountable,” says Javed Chaudhry, columnist and anchorperson working with Express News. “This case, along with the missing persons' case has established impartiality and credibility of the media in its fight against corruption.” Chaudhry feels, like many others in country, that the media in Pakistan has become free and fair during the last decade. “The Pakistani media has covered the journey of 100 years in just 10 years, but their curiosity and thrust for revelation does not end and that is what drives the media.”
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