The book in hand analyzes the relations between media and politics in
Pakistan since 1947. Media faced the toughest of the times in the
sub-continent before partition and encountered difficult situations of
new kind afterward. How did media react to the repressive actions of the
rapidly changing governments and what were the reasons for taking
actions against the media in the governments' view? These and many other
significant aspects have been studied in the book. Similarly, economy of
the country and its affects on the functioning of media have also been
studied with the presumption that an economically weak media is feebler
to the actions of the government as compared to the stronger one. How
did the media survive and what measures it took for its viability have
also been examined. The society and its role in protecting the media as
a social institution have also been focused. Some of the dramatic
changes in the societal behaviour have been observed and studied in
detail. What difficulties and problems the media faced, which hindered
its institutional development process, are analyzed and summarised in
various chapters of this book.