There is a coverage of the Urban Floing after the rains in Karachi?

In the largest city of Pakistan, Karachi, the rains also became national level in the past. On this, Sindh Provincial Minister Sharjeel Aamiz Memon complained that some media houses did under a systematic plan.

Planning investigations are difficult for the Independent Urdu, but tried to find out three major reasons for this coverage.

Senior Minister of Sindh and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Aam Memon said during a press conference in Karachi on Thursday that the loss of life in Karachi was reduced compared to other areas of the country. “Most of the deaths in Karachi were due to the current, but some media houses campaigned against the government under organized planning.”

On the statement of the provincial minister, Independent Urdu, speaking to various experts, tried to find out if this coverage was unusual or the reasons were something else.

1. More channels, more coverage?

Karachi is not only the largest trading center in Pakistan but also often in Karachi’s headquarters of TV news channels. Experts think this may actually be a major reason for extraordinary coverage. Some channels showed water and stranded citizens standing on the live highway by their hosts. This facility was not available to these channels in Buner or Swat than in Karachi.

According to Tariq Abu al -Hassan, the bureaucrat of Karachi, Private TV channels Geo News, these channels always report on the ground facts. “If anyone thinks it is a conspiracy or a coverage against a particular political party, this is not the case.”

Talking to Independent Urdu, Tariq Abu al -Hassan said: Video must be made for coverage of TV channels. There was a coverage only when there was no drainage in Karachi, people’s trapped people in the water.

‘TV channels do coverage on the basis of ground facts. TV has to cover such visuals on social media. We confirmed the videos circulating on social media and then reporting these incidents.

‘It is natural to have rain, it is natural for water to stop after this rains, but it is the government’s job to rescue the trapped people. Government agencies, including security agencies, Rescue 1122, should help people during the rains, if not and reporting on it, how is this conspiracy?

The general impression is that the rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Pakistan, Kashmir and Gilgit, made the situation worse, but the coverage of Karachi was not done in this way. Why?

Tariq Abu al -Hassan also explained the reason: ‘All channels of different areas including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been covered. But like Karachi, there are several reasons for their coverage. One of these areas is not a reporter for channels. ‘

2. Human sympathy vs. criticism

For many years, questions have been raised on reporting of rainfall in Karachi. This time, there was no extraordinary thing. There is no doubt that the casualties in the northern parts of Pakistan were much higher than in Karachi. For this reason, experts say it is natural that the reaction to such a large number of casualties is generally overwhelmed by regret and sorrow. That is why the color of the natural disaster was found in the coverage there.

But Karachi is expected to deal with such natural problems. Therefore, the natural reaction of this is a matter of concern and anger. This color looks prevalent in Karachi.

Observers insist that Karachi administration is radically different from other cities in the country. In addition to Sindh government -administered areas in Karachi, there are large areas under the federal government and federal agencies. But during the reporting, the Sindh government is targeted even if there is no drainage in the areas administered by these institutions.

According to Razzaq Abro, ‘legally, these institutions are responsible for all works, including cleaning, drainage.’

He also complained of not assisting in development works in terms of corporate social responsibility in Karachi. ‘As coal -trick companies in Thar supply drinking water to the local population. The gas and oil extraction companies in Sanghar constructed the main road of the district, but it does not appear in Karachi. ‘

3. Population, the difference between presence on social media

According to the 2023 census in Pakistan, the population of Karachi was more than 200 million people. In contrast, the same census has reported more than three million populations of Swat and Buner. Therefore, areas like Buner and Swat are also far behind Karachi in the data of Internet users.

Karachi has also been found to be better in the quality and coverage of mobile phone service than areas like Buner and Swat.

In the past, the problems of major cities like Karachi have been getting more media coverage than remote areas. Media experts believe that major problems in remote rural areas are sometimes not given any significant importance than a slightly smaller problem in Karachi.

Usually after the rains in Karachi, videos of people trapped in different parts of the city on social media go viral soon. After that, a heated debate begins on social media and most consumers remove the heartbeat. Opposition political parties also lose their hands in the flowing Ganges.

Mahmud Alam Khalid, editor of the journal, who has been working on the environment since 2006, says that Karachi, being a coastal city, is radically different from all other cities in terms of its location. Talking to Independent Urdu, he said, “The number of small drains in Karachi is more than 500. Are there so many drains in another city of the country? Over time, sewerage water was poured into these drains, now these streams started to run constant.

‘When the city sinks due to lack of drainage, the media will coverage. If anyone thinks that this coverage is against them, then keep thinking, but there is no conspiracy. ‘