Fahad Malik

digital media professional in Islamabad

Compiled from 1 recorded interview. Every statement below is drawn from the passage cited beside it.

Fahad Malik is a digital Media strategist and Mental Health advocate at Private Media Group, Islamabad. Malik has said he looks after social media and digital media for a private media group in Islamabad. He has also said he is working on mental health in Pakistan.

Career

Malik has said he looks after social media and digital media for a private media group in Islamabad. He has also said he is working on mental health in Pakistan. In addition, he has said he is working on digital literacy so that young people entering the industry from university are given the necessary skills. He has said that young people do not know how to write a CV. [1]

Mental health work

Malik has said his mental health work started after he lost a very close childhood friend. He has said he started a project and gave it a name meant to encourage people to speak, and that the name was chosen to encourage people to come and vent. He has described a social stigma around seeking mental health help, and said a fear that others would see them seek help kept people from getting it. He has also said COVID confinement at home led to a kind of dehumanisation in society. [1]

Malik has said he built a team of 10 to 15 people for his project and listed them on its website. According to Malik, the project runs a chat line staffed by volunteers. He has said these volunteers are final-year clinical psychology students or people just starting practice, and that the chat line operates 24 hours a day by messaging. [1]

Malik has said the service lets people vent about anything that bothers them without being judged. He has said it asks users only for a name, email and location, and that he takes location to judge which areas send the most queries. He has also said the counselling sessions are not monitored. [1]

Malik has said psychologists' fees go directly to the psychologists, and that many people could not afford those fees. He has said the service is free of cost and that the free-of-cost model is run at his team's own expense. He has said many people urged him to earn money from the project, and that the cause is very close to his heart. [1]

Views on media

Malik has said newspapers have ended and now reach only offices in the morning. He has said the media moved from newspapers to radio, then TV, then social media. He has said he sees electronic media at 5 to 10% and print at 3 to 4% in the next ten years. In his view, digital media is taking the rest of the media space and has already done so. [1]

Malik has cited TRT World, AJ Plus, Vice and Vox as examples of platforms making digital content. He has said Pakistan's biggest problem is that it does not produce digital content. He has said Pakistan needs a new style of content that is edgy and also serious, and that it lacks enough people who understand that the medium has changed. [1]

Malik has said TV will lose its space once audiences realise that content is made directly for digital. He has said TV is an unoptimized structure because channels employ reporters across the country, and that news channels add spice to stories and constantly invoke emotion. On consumption, he has said content supply follows what consumers choose to watch, and that a person's life, choices and values decide what content they consume. [1]

Malik has said the internet was once seen as a non-serious medium, and that BuzzFeed was not profitable for four or five years. He has said social media keeps people in bubbles. He has also said Facebook movie clips take up most of his online time. [1]

Views on institutions and education

Malik has said people who are good at their jobs are probably what is needed. He has said NITB built a number of apps during COVID, that NITB is doing good work, and that NITB plans to make Pakistan paper-free. He has also said he relied on an application during COVID. [1]

Malik has said values come from school, university and home, with home playing the largest role. He has said the system will not change until people move beyond the traditional setup. On higher education, he has said universities should teach people how to control anger and how to cope with depression. He has said universities are not teaching app building and still teach C++ and Java. [1]

Views on regulation and data

Malik has said regulation cannot happen until platforms have a presence in Pakistan. He has said there is no mechanism to act on content unless the platform has a presence in Pakistan, and that so far only YouTube has a presence in Pakistan, with TikTok now also having done so. He has said a state may want content removed while platform policy says it is allowed. He has also said that after an account is suspended, people can spend six months trying to get it back. [1]

Malik has said PEMRA regulated the media and that it was easy with 32 channels. He has said he thinks social media would take ages to regulate. He has said his biggest fear is that "our" data is not protected, and that data protection cannot be implemented in Pakistan in the next ten years. In his view, digital understanding and security are treated as the last priority. [1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2020-12-25 Good people can't fix a broken system Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

What does Fahad Malik do?

Fahad Malik has said he looks after social media and digital media for a private media group in Islamabad. He has said he is working on mental health in Pakistan. He has also said he is working on digital literacy so that young people entering the industry from university are given the necessary skills.[1]

Why did Fahad Malik start working on mental health?

Fahad Malik has said his mental health work started after he lost a very close childhood friend. He has said the cause is very close to his heart.[1]

What is Fahad Malik's mental health project?

Fahad Malik has said he started a project that runs a chat line staffed by volunteers. He has said the chat line operates 24 hours a day by messaging and that the service is free of cost. He has said the volunteers are final-year clinical psychology students or people just starting practice.[1]

What does Fahad Malik think about the future of media?

Fahad Malik has said the media moved from newspapers to radio, then TV, then social media. He has said he sees electronic media at 5 to 10% and print at 3 to 4% in the next ten years. In his view, digital media is taking the rest of the media space and has already done so.[1]

What has Fahad Malik said about social media regulation in Pakistan?

Fahad Malik has said regulation cannot happen until platforms have a presence in Pakistan. He has said PEMRA regulated the media and that it was easy with 32 channels. He has said he thinks social media would take ages to regulate.[1]

What does Fahad Malik say about data protection in Pakistan?

Fahad Malik has said his biggest fear is that "our" data is not protected. He has said data protection cannot be implemented in Pakistan in the next ten years. He has also said digital understanding and security are treated as the last priority.[1]

References

  1. Good people can't fix a broken system . Thought Behind Things , 2020-12-25.
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  1. Fahad Malik has said he looks after social media and digital media for a private media group in Islamabad. main ek private media group ka social media aur digital media dekhta hoon Islamabad mein.
  2. Fahad Malik has said he is working on mental health in Pakistan. Uske ilawa main mental health pe kaam karne ki koshish kar raha hoon Pakistan mein.
  3. Fahad Malik has said he is working on digital literacy so that young people entering the industry from university are given the necessary skills. digital literacy pe thoda sa kaam karne ki koshish kar rahe hain ki jo youth graduate ho ke aa rahi hai industry mein, unko woh necessary skills diye jayein
  4. Fahad Malik has said young people do not know how to write a CV. CV banane ka nahi pata bacchon ko
  5. Fahad Malik has said newspapers have ended and now reach only offices in the morning. Akhbarein ab ho gayi hain khatam. Woh sirf subah offices mein aati hain.
  6. Fahad Malik has said the media moved from newspapers to radio, then TV, then social media. Akhbar ke baad aaya radio, radio ke baad aaya TV, TV ke baad ab hai social media.
  7. Fahad Malik has said he sees electronic media at 5 to 10% and print at 3 to 4% in the next ten years. Agle 10 saal mein na, I see like 5 to 10% of electronic media, 3 to 4% of print
  8. Fahad Malik has said digital media is taking the rest of the media space and has already done so. aur baaki saari space aapke digital media ne acquire karni hai aur woh kar chuki hai
  9. Fahad Malik has cited TRT World, AJ Plus, Vice and Vox as examples of platforms making digital content. Turkey kar raha hai, bahut saare aise platforms hain. Uh, TRT World hai, AJ Plus hai, Vice hai, Vox hai.
  10. Fahad Malik has said Pakistan's biggest problem is that it does not produce digital content. Pakistan mein jo sabse bada masla yeh hai ki woh digital content hum produce hi nahi kar rahe
  11. Fahad Malik has said TV will lose its space once audiences realise that content is made directly for digital. TV will lose its space once people realize that this is coming directly for audiences based on digital
  12. Fahad Malik has said TV is an unoptimized structure because channels employ reporters across the country. why I think TV is an unoptimized structure is because aap ek TV channel hain, aapne apne woh rakhe hue hain, reporters rakhe hue hain, pure mulk ke andar
  13. Fahad Malik has said news channels add spice to stories and constantly invoke emotion. Hum usmein woh mirch masale laga kar na emotions ko invoke karte hain constantly
  14. Fahad Malik has said content supply follows what consumers choose to watch. Consumer jo dekhega woh usi ke hisaab se demand and supply hai
  15. Fahad Malik has said a person's life, choices and values decide what content they consume. woh aapki personal life, aapki choices, aapki values mere khayal mein yeh decide karti hain ki aapne kis qisam ka content consume karna hai
  16. Fahad Malik has said Facebook movie clips take up most of his online time. Mujhe jo cheez sabse zyada mere mere online time ka hissa leti hai, woh Facebook pe jo movies ke clips hain
  17. Fahad Malik has said the internet was once seen as a non-serious medium. internet was a non-serious medium and nobody took it seriously
  18. Fahad Malik has said BuzzFeed was not profitable for four or five years. BuzzFeed ko aap utha lein, 4-5 saal woh profitable nahi tha
  19. Fahad Malik has said Pakistan needs a new style of content that is edgy and also serious. We need to create a new style of content, ki agar TikTok pe agar prank chal raha hai, toh how do you create edgy content that can compete with that prank on TikTok? Right? And be also serious in terms of news
  20. Fahad Malik has said Pakistan lacks enough people who understand that the medium has changed. unfortunately we don't have enough people in Pakistan, first of all, who are a understanding that the medium has changed
  21. Fahad Malik has said social media keeps people in bubbles. social media hamein bohot zyada ek ek bubble mein rakhta hai
  22. Fahad Malik has said people who are good at their jobs are probably what is needed. probably we need people who are good at their jobs
  23. Fahad Malik has said NITB built a number of apps during COVID. Covid mein NITB ne kitni apps banayin
  24. Fahad Malik has said NITB is doing good work. NITB bohat accha kaam kar raha hai
  25. Fahad Malik has said he relied on an application during COVID. Lekin Covid mein main I rely on that application
  26. Fahad Malik has said NITB plans to make Pakistan paper-free. NITB ka plan hai ke Pakistan ko paper-free, har ministry ko paper-free bana dein
  27. Fahad Malik has said values come from school, university and home, with home playing the largest role. woh values aap ko school se mil jayein gi, university se mil jayein gi, ghar ghar ka sab se zyada role hota hai
  28. Fahad Malik has said the system will not change until people move beyond the traditional setup. wo system tab tak nahi badlega jab tak aap ye traditional setup se bahar nahi aayenge
  29. Fahad Malik has said universities should teach people how to control anger. Hamari universities mein yeh subject hona chahiye how to control your anger
  30. Fahad Malik has said universities should teach how to cope with depression. aap ne depression ko kis tarah cope karna hai, aap ne apne anger ko kis tarah control karna hai, woh woh subjects hone chahiye
  31. Fahad Malik has said universities are not teaching app building and still teach C++ and Java. apps banana to sikha hi nahi rahe, C++ abhi tak chal rahi hai, Java parha rahe hain
  32. Fahad Malik has said COVID confinement at home led to a kind of dehumanisation in society. Covid ne jab se logon ko gharon mein band kiya na, toh uski wajah se ek sort of dehumanization bhi ho gayi hai society ki
  33. Fahad Malik has said his mental health work started after he lost a very close childhood friend. basically, so it all started, uh, I lost a very dear friend, uh, jo mera bachpan ka dost tha
  34. Fahad Malik has said he started a project and gave it a name meant to encourage people to speak. I started this project, ek toh uski us is is naam uh it's called Baat Karo
  35. Fahad Malik has said the project's name was chosen to encourage people to come and vent. Naam ki wajah yeh thi ki logon ko motivate karna hai ki aap aayein, yahan pe vent out karein
  36. Fahad Malik has said a fear that others would see them seek help kept people from getting it. woh jo logon mein dar tha ki maine kisi ke paas jaana hai aur uski koi tasveer ho jayegi, koi jaan lega, koi dekh lega, wahan pe koi mil jayega. Woh logon ko help seek karne se rok raha tha
  37. Fahad Malik has said a social stigma exists around seeking mental health help. Ek social stigma exist karta hai
  38. Fahad Malik has said he built a team of 10 to 15 people for his project and listed them on its website. Humne ek 10 se 15 logon ki team banayi aur unko website pe list kar diya
  39. Fahad Malik has said his project runs a chat line staffed by volunteers. humne ek chat line build ki, jiske liye humne volunteers rakhe
  40. Fahad Malik has said the chat line volunteers are final-year clinical psychology students or people just starting practice. Woh volunteers clinical psychology ke final year ke students hain ya woh practice abhi start kar rahe hain
  41. Fahad Malik has said the chat line operates 24 hours a day by messaging. woh 24 ghante operate hoti hai, lekin uska mode of jo communication hai, that's messaging
  42. Fahad Malik has said the service lets people vent about anything that bothers them without being judged. everything that's that's bothering you, you can just vent out and we won't judge you
  43. Fahad Malik has said the service asks users only for a name, email and location. hum aap se jo info lete hain, that's just name and email and location
  44. Fahad Malik has said he takes location to judge which areas send the most queries. Location main is wajah se leta hoon ki aapki tarah data analytics ka mujhe bhi shauk hai, toh hum judge karte hain ki kis ilaqe se zyada queries aa rahi hain
  45. Fahad Malik has said psychologists' fees go directly to the psychologists. woh jo psychologist ki fees hai woh directly un ko jati hai
  46. Fahad Malik has said the counselling sessions are not monitored. we we don't monitor that session
  47. Fahad Malik has said many people could not afford psychologist fees. Phir bahut saare logon ka masla yeh tha ki woh afford nahi kar sakte
  48. Fahad Malik has said the free-of-cost model is run at his team's own expense. Aur jo uh free of cost model hai woh hum expense apni cost pe hum us ko chala rahe hain
  49. Fahad Malik has said the service is free of cost. Free hai yeh, marketing nahi kar raha main. It's free of cost
  50. Fahad Malik has said many people urged him to earn money from the project. mujhe bohot sare logon ne kaha ke yaar is mein se paise kama lo
  51. Fahad Malik has said the cause is very close to his heart. Because the cause is very close to my heart
  52. Fahad Malik has said regulation cannot happen until platforms have a presence in Pakistan. regulation tab tak nahi ho sakti jab tak platform ki aapke mulk mein presence nahi hai
  53. Fahad Malik has said that after an account is suspended, people can spend six months trying to get it back. Aapka account suspend ho jata hai to aap 6 mahine phirte rehte hain
  54. Fahad Malik has said so far only YouTube has a presence in Pakistan, and TikTok has now also done so. is mulk mein abhi tak sirf YouTube hai aur TikTok ne bhi abhi kiya hai
  55. Fahad Malik has said PEMRA regulated the media and that it was easy with 32 channels. Aur mujhe regulation jo dekhein media ko to PEMRA ne regulate kar liya. Right. Aur that was very easy ke 32 channel the, wo 80 ho gaye to 80 ke 80 ko regulate kar lo
  56. Fahad Malik has said he thinks social media would take ages to regulate. Lekin social media mujhe lagta hai ke it would take ages to regulate
  57. Fahad Malik has said there is no mechanism to act on content unless the platform has a presence in Pakistan. Koi mechanism nahi hai until unless you have platform here
  58. Fahad Malik has said a state may want content removed while platform policy says it is allowed. Kai dafa hota hai ke aapki state chahti hai ke ye content down ho lekin platform ki policy kehti hai ke wo nahi hai
  59. Fahad Malik has said his biggest fear is that "our" data is not protected. mujhe jo sabse bada darr ye lagta hai wo ye hai ke hamara data protected nahi hai
  60. Fahad Malik has said data protection cannot be implemented in Pakistan in the next ten years. Agle 10 saal bhi na hum is is is data protection wali cheez ko Pakistan mein to implement nahi kar sakte
  61. Fahad Malik has said digital understanding and security are treated as the last priority. Digital ki understanding aur security ko na hum sabse aakhri samajhte hain