Stories We Tell Ourselves: Pakistan's Politics Through Narrative Media

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Introduction
Mohammed Hanif, a successful and seasoned Pakistan writer, talks about Pakistan's politics through Narrative media. He aims to unveil the roles played by media narratives and storytelling in shaping the political journey of an enduring and growing country like Pakistan (Eventbrite, 2023). Mohammed Hanif talks to students and experts in the field in an effort to make them aware of how political discourse can be affected by media narratives and storytelling. All the people in the hall agree with him through their articulate non-verbal cues. His content is quite relatable, and the listeners must be connecting how media narratives have posed major threats and dangers, starting in Pakistan's citizens' minds. After every political whirl in Pakistan, media houses have a history of relying on emotionally charged political sentiments directed toward their audiences to influence their thoughts (Eventbrite, 2023). Mohammed Hanif highlights how these processes occur and the dangers of these narratives. The event undoubtedly opens the minds and consciences of all listeners and prompts them to take a deeper thought into the issue. After this event, they will probably not stand as victims of misinformed media narratives about their respective political stances. The event comes to a halt with a positive reaction from the audience, which means that ill perspectives have now changed to healthy thoughts.
Summary
Media narratives and storytelling have influenced and shaped the political discourse of Pakistan over the years. Just like the nature of humans, Pakistan's citizens have always been easily swayed by emotionally-charged stories and details that are meant to soothe their way of thought regarding the political nature of the country (Eventbrite, 2023). Politicians, who are mostly only sometimes interested in the genuine well-being of their people, usually pull their spiced narrative cards to impress and appeal to their supporters. It is a sad situation about Pakistan's politics' rotten and demeaning state. The idea is for these politicians and media outlets to engage in important and meaningful policy narratives meant to improve the lives of their listeners and followers. This way, people can see what lies ahead of them more clearly, which will help them make wiser decisions. Mohammed Hanif records the benefit of being media outlets and political figures being objective in their talks and storytelling, which could positively transform the state of the country’s politics.
Mohammed Hanif records that these narratives and well-spiced, could mean danger. He states and explains how stereotypes and prejudices are formed in this way. They begin through well-spiced lies and emotionally-charged narratives and may grow into a twitching wound and decay in society (Eventbrite, 2023). These narratives also affect the level of creativity and critical thinking to create a mediocre society and a generation of men and women who cannot engage in substantially important discussions and make working and healthy life-long decisions. Mohammed Hanif expresses the need and the importance of a different approach to political storytelling that would entail honesty (Eventbrite, 2023). He urges media outlets and politicians to be accountable for their s...