Tribune pk3/31/2024 ![]() ![]() Now, three years later, I do not want to leave.” ![]() Most foreign visitors, especially from the West, who see Pakistan for the first time, say: “How different your country is from what I thought it was through media coverage.” Some years ago, an outgoing Consul General of Germany said at a farewell dinner: “When I was posted to Karachi, I did not want to come. By virtue of not being “reported,” this vast majority seems not even to exist. Because it does not spew hate or hurl stones or fire bullets, it receives no coverage because it is not newsy enough. The silent, non-violent majority is generally passive. When such excesses periodically recur, misleading notions take hold. Verbal extremism and physical violence of individual zealots, fringe groups, and fanatic mobs receive prominent coverage by news media. This second contribution’s title may fortify strongly entrenched misperceptions which actually deserve reconsideration. My first article published on Novemjuxtaposed “moderate” with “Pakistan.” That probably raised some sceptical eyebrows - until the text was read. The country's strongly entrenched misperceptions deserve reconsideration ![]()
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