Maya Khan Fired: First success of social media in Pakistan
Monday, January 30th, 2012 4:46:20 by Faisal Farooq
Maya Khan Fired: First success of social media in Pakistan
Apparently, firing Maya Khan, the head of the vigil-aunty brigade, along with her entire team is foremost success of the social media in the country.
A few days back, television viewers in Pakistan saw Maya Khan with a moral brigade, comprising elite-class aunties, raided a park in Karachi chasing dating couples.
Although it was not the first time people watched doing her something strange, it was the last episode proved to be the last straw for many others flagship morning shows.
Dating someone without a legal relationship is considered down upon in the Pakistani society and some girls have lost their lives by their family members due to this specific cause.
Maya Khan, the desperate for rating, has shown to be chased after couples as the show was on-aired live. It budged most part of the country and immediately social media users became active and bloggers started targeting Maya Khan and her channel.
Some of the social media activists termed her ‘chief of the moral police’ while a few compared her vigilantism to the ‘Lal Masjid mindset’.
Additionally, some Facebookers started uploading Maya Khan’s private snaps in which she was seen dancing with male friends, and doing hugs. A series of questions and mocks were also carried out along with these pictures, asking her to explain what was she doing with these people.
It seems that she wanted to boost the rating of her show by creating a new controversy but the water didn’t flow in a desired direction. A group of citizens started an online petition, urging upon Samaa TV’s management to instantly terminate her show.
People also started sending e-mails to Zafar Siddiqui, asking him to take notice of the issue and to off-air the show at the earliest. Ultimately, Maya Khan was fired from the TV channel after she refused to make an unconditional apology.
A famous BBC journalist commented, “If you have a mike and a camera in Pakistan, you are assistants to God on earth and can do whatever you like.” Not only journalist but owners and management of the TV channels sometimes also create controversies to get higher ratings.
However, the social media for the first time in Pakistan succeeded by compelling a private TV channel to close a notorious morning show off-air. Many critics believe that social media will assist the traditional media in forming a code of ethics in the near future.
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Posted by Faisal Farooq
on Jan 30 2012. Filed under National, Opinion, Society.
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I condemn this action.. she was very great anchor.. I watched he show in which she visited park.. it was normal show and i have seen many shows like this on Pakistani Channels. Dont know whats wrong with us. I will miss her untill she come on any other TV channel
Goo Step … I know that there is need to take corrective actions against our society but the way media is doing is not correct.
I appreciate if this has been happened.
Fooling whom! The real fact is that, every one in Pakistan pretend to be the only Muslim saviors. In real, they want every sin should be legalized and open for every one, in a South Asian mix Western style. And when any one like this get exposed, all start crying, may be because of this there parents won’t let them to got outside.
Oh my dear Pakistani peoples…..
Fooling Whom?
Well the episode was ignominious and maya khan really crossed her circumscribe this time. Agree things which are happening in parks dating etc is wrong but she don’t have right to just jump in and invade in one’s personal territory and asking cheap crummy questions this is really not acceptable (though they must be dating etc) she should have raised this issue on her talk show and would have tried giving lessons more wisely rather then doing this abominable practical….shame on the channel for putting on air first and then firing the team i think channel and host her team all are responsible….what’s happening…its so sad
Interesting. Think Twice Pakistan is an excellent forum to discuss these agendas.
Is this not the extremism of so called civil society?
I f they claim to believe in freedom of expression then why they are not ready to give this freedom of expression to a person who is trying to secure our own culture as dating and such activities are not acceptable in our society.
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