
Abid ZafarInternational Islamic University, Islamabad | IIUI · Department of Media and Communication Studies
Abid Zafar
Ex-Media Researcher & V-Lecturer @ www.iiu.edu.pk , Journalist, Traveller & Photographer by Passion 7809664515
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The roots of democracy are highly based on elections where every individual use their rights to select more deserving individuals from society who are more capable to strengthen the system. Media specifically electronic media play active role during election campaigns. It is being used as a double-edged sword which not only informs the people about...
Couple interactions in Urdu drama serials were analyzed to investigate whether healthy (positive) or unhealthy (negative) couple communication is portrayed. It is point of discussion that plots of the contemporary Urdu televise dramas in Pakistan is depicting more extramarital relations. Through narrative structure analysis, the current study revea...
After the event of 9/11 in New York, Muslim countries have been affected badly with the ongoing war on terror. Muslim population which was affected due to this war, they started to move to other nation states. Most of the populations from war affected areas migrated to the Western countries. More than one million immigrants and refugees had arrived...
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The objective of this study is to examine the portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood movies from 2009-2013. Muslims are being stereotyped with negative characters since 9/11, through Bollywood movies. As course of time, these movies have been started to misrepresent Muslims, not only in a severe manner but also to a large extent. This negative...