On one particular day, the day after Christmas, The New York Times and The Washington Post carried positive stories about women and minorities in Pakistan. The former gave a fair amount of space to an analysis of the decline of Pakistan’s film industry since the days of the military dictator, President Ziaul Haq. In 1981, Pakistan was one of the top 10 film producing countries in the world, producing more than 100 movies a year. In a story titled “Christmas spirit shines in Pakistan despite church attack,” Constable described a country not familiar to the West. “Across Pakistan, church volunteers got busy decorating trees and placing wreaths on pews, some posing for TV news cameras.

Source: The Express Tribune January 01, 2018 04:52 UTC