Media's Failure to Follow Up

Media, the world over, has become an important pillar of state. Besides many other roles, media in Pakistan, too, has turned out to be a very important pressure group which is becoming difficult for the government to ignore. I find our media lacking in one very important thing i.e follow up. There are countless examples of grave incidents taking place every now and then. These incidents become headlines of the newspapers and lead stories of the electronic media. There is follow up for a couple of days and then the new events take over. About each such happening, there is usual formation of some inquiry committee or commission for which government lays down a deadline for submission of the report within X number of days. And that's the ed of it! Government officials promise to have the inquiry/investigation published on its completion within the stipulated period of time. I am yet to see any of these inquiries /investigation reports completed and published. Media, too, forgets about it. Media needs to follow the example of lawyers' movement for restoration of judiciary. They did not let the pressure die down. Besides many other activities, protests were registered every Thursday. Media should repeatedly inform the public reminding the government about the completion and publication of inquiries and investigations.