Meeting claims minorities do not get enough attention in mainstream media
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Talking about the findings of a recent study claiming that Pakistan’s religious minorities are not a major beneficiary of the transforming media landscape and media coverage, the participants of a discussion said that minorities are mainly painted in a victimhood framework. The Institute of Research, Advocacy & Development, an Islamabad-based civil society group, on Saturday held an interface meeting with minority activists and media persons to discuss the findings of its research titled ‘Narratives of Marginalisation: Reporting Religious Minorities in Pakistani Media’. In the discussion, minority rights activists and media practitioners said that mainstream media does not...