Press in the First Decade

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This paper attempts to analyze the relations between the press and the governments in Pakistan in the first decade after independence in 1947. The press that faced the toughest of the times in the sub-continent before the partition had to encounter difficult situations of new kind afterward. How did the press react to the repressive actions of the rapidly changing governments in the first decade? And what were the reasons for taking actions against the press in the governments’ view? These and many other significant aspects have been undertaken in the preceding lines. Similarly, economy of the country and its effects on the functioning of the press has also been studied with the presumption that an economically weak press is feebler to the actions of the government as compared to the stronger one. How did the press survive and what measures it took for its viability have also been examined in the paper. The society and its role in protecting the press as a social institution have also been focused. Some of the dramatic changes in the societal behaviour have been observed and studied. Besides, what difficulties and problems the press faced in the first decade, which hindered its institutional development process, are analyzed and summarised.

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