Show: Sarak Ka Such

Host: Abid Beli

Topic: Jungle Ka Qaanoon

Description: Trash pickers in Pakistan have a tough life, tougher than anyone can imagine. They earn Rs. 400 a day to feed a family of at least 8 people. When they pick up garbage, they make sure they have their territories marked. And sometimes they even have to pay for a land filled with garbage to keep other garbage pickers out of there.

Here’s a young boy telling his story to Abid in this episode.

Language: Urdu

Show: Pakistani Profiles

Host: Hibah Naz

Guest: Khawaja Sohail Mansoor

Description: Wouldn’t you like to know people in Pakistan, especially government representatives, who pay tax? Here’s Khawaja Sohail Mansoor MNA (MQM), who is the highest tax payer in Pakistan. He has received a nishan-e-imtiaz for this outstanding quality of his. Let’s find out more about him in this episode!

Language: Urdu

 Show: Economic Views

Host: Zeeshan Merchant

Guest: Khawaja Sohail Mansoor

Topic: Why don’t people in Pakistan pay tax?

Description: Khawaja Sohail Mansoor (MNA) is the highest tax payer in Pakistan. He has even been awarded a Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the government for his outstanding consistency in paying tax. Here’s an example for people who excuse themselves from paying tax by saying that the politicians don’t either.

Why is it that people in Pakistan don’t pay tax? Is it a habit? Or is it because of rapidly increasing prices of everything they purchase that leaves them hand to mouth?

Language: Urdu

 
Show: Sarak Ka Such

Host: Abid Beli

Topic: ANP and MQM ney strike kis kay liye ki?

Description: ANP (Awami National Party) and MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) both called for strikes in Karachi and had the city shut down two days. There was a total shut down during MQM’s strike while ANP’s didn’t see the city shut down in the same way. Shops were opened and people were on the streets.

Who did these parties call the strike for? Why didn’t they protest when ordinary citizens died? Why only when their workers are killed? How can they let people die during their protests?

Language: Urdu

Mourning is often described as a sentiment expressing sorrow; here in Pakistan it means more bloodshed. With a troubling underlying meaning to the expression of “mourning” it has resulted in the loss of more than 9 innocent lives, injuring a dozen others with the burning of 47 vehicles all reduced to ashes. All this while when the Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri thanked Altaf Hussain for his appeal to people to show patience.

What’s more confusing is after all the disruption, the MQM parliamentary leader Haider Abbas Rizvi staged a walkout in the National Assembly by stating “We will not sit in Parliament today until the Government brings the culprits to justice,” If the walkout was a protest to the loss of lives of their party workers, then why was the loss of innocent victims mostly being rickshaw drivers, shopkeepers and passers-by conveniently omitted? Who takes responsibility for them?

Other than the loss of lives, public transport, CNG pumps and businesses across the city came to a halt. A wave of terror engulfed the city when educational institutions sent home kids, and those leaving early for work oblivious to the situation experienced traumatic chaos and a state of upheaval on the streets.

Was this really a peaceful protest? Will the affected families ever find peace, knowing they had nothing to do with the loss of party workers? Who would appease them? What’s frightening is how would they react back? Would this break into a civil war?

How many laborers dependent on their daily wages slept hungry last night? Who silenced the cries of their children?

Is there any sound and logical reasoning to a protest that results in more chaos and loss of completely innocent lives? How are these so called peaceful mourning?

Would Karachi ever be peaceful again? Would this blood war ever end?

Show: News and Reviews

Host: Adnan Maqbool

Topic: Terror in Karachi: Again

Description: 23rd of March just passed just a few days ago. Everyone celebrated and enjoyed it in Pakistan. Little did anyone know what was going to hit the city of lights i.e; Karachi. There was a terrifying riot early morning on the 27th of March 2012. 9 people were killed and buses were burned. Who was the target of all this? Why wasn’t an action taken by the police or Rangers? Why did they just stand and watch while everyone else ran for their lives?

Language: Urdu

Show: The Faisal Qureshi Show

Host: Faisal Qureshi

Topic: Praise be to Zardari

Description: So far Asif Zardari has outwitted everyone. Do you think these jalsas, agitation or even a new election can remove Asif Ali Zardari from power?

Language: Urdu

Show: Off The Cuff

Hosts: Afia Salam and Faisal Qureshi

Topic: Ralliyon Ki Rail Pail

Description: Many political rallies have occurred over the past week. Afia and Faisal discuss the impact of  those various rallies that have been crowding the political horizon that includes Imran Khan’s.

Does the size of the rally indicate that Imran khan and PTI are now a real threat to the rest of the parties?

Will he be able to do it alone or will he have to join hands with one of the parties he was raging against?

Language: Urdu

Show: Pakistani Profiles

Host: Ayesha Tajwar

Guest: Khushbakht Shujaat (MQM)

Description: Khushbakht Shujaat, a well-known politician, anchorperson, journalist and educationist. She is a multi-talented lady who has always enjoyed life and sees it from different aspects. Watch as she talks about her childhood memories, education, experience in media,  family and much more.

Language: Urdu

Show: The Faisal Qureshi Show

Host: Faisal Qureshi

Topic: A conversation with Khushbakht Shujaat (MQM)

Description: Few people can say it like Khushbakht Shujaat can. Supremely confident and articulate, she tells Faisal Qureshi about her life’s journey on the path that takes her from education to politics.

See how she defends becoming a part of MQM and why she is now its ardent spokesperson in this episode.

Language: Urdu