CHARITY begins at home. Isn’t it quite strange that some of our TV channels have been asking politicians, generals, judges and bureaucrats to declare their assets before the nation, but they themselves have been avoiding doing this?

Has any of the TV anchors aired an exclusive programme on the illegal assets possessed by many journalists? For us it is very easy to criticise others, but it is very difficult to accept the same criticism made against us.

Many of our journalists from both newspapers and television have been maintaining a lavish lifestyle, with costly vehicles and spacious bungalows in posh and big cities.

Charity begins at home. Before ridiculing others on their illegally-acquired assets, it would be better if our journalists, specially TV anchors of current affairs programmes, declared all their assets themselves.

Abdul Samad Samo
Karachi

Published in Dawn, March 18th, 2018