Criticism of The Media
Paracha has been extremely critical of the role of Pakistan's electronic media . Paracha accuses some of the leading privately owned Urdu channels of being "the middle-class face of jihadi/extremist philosophy and propaganda."
In a series of analysis and satirical pieces for Dawn (newspaper), Paracha has scathingly criticised TV personalities like Shahid Masood, Aamir Liaquat Hussain and Zaid Hamid for "holding masqueraded sympathies for Islamists".
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