With different advice, I might have chosen to pursue a career in journalism rather than teaching. Despite going down the education road, I welcomed and enjoyed dealings with journalists, particularly Herald stalwarts like Barclay McBain and my former pupil, the late Calum Macdonald. If anything, my regard for the profession has grown, despite the 2019 survey placing journalists ahead of politicians but behind car salesmen in the league of public trust. That’s perhaps understandable, given some spectacular press own goals. Confidence in journalists and the press in general was badly shaken by phone hacking and the Milly Dowler scandal. The public’s thirst for celebrity gossip and sensationalism is no defence. Yet, it should be remembered that it was The Guardian newspaper, not the police, that uncovered the scale of the phone hacking scandal and the payments made to corrupt public officials.
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Girl attacked with acid for refusing marriage proposal
Suspect approached victim and offered her lift on motorcycle
According to reports, the woman lost her eye sight in 2011 when she was attacked with acid. PHOTO: REUTERS
LAHORE:
A young girl, who worked as domestic help, was reportedly attacked with acid over the refusal of a marriage proposal in Johar Town on Monday.
Police said 27-year-old M , a permanent resident of Pakpattan had moved to Lahore for work. She had been staying in Feroziyanwala Johar Town and worked a few miles away in Chungi Amar Sadu as a maid.
On the day of the incident, she was on her way to work in the Sui Gas Society in Chungi Amar Sadhu. Reportedly, two suspects, one of them identified as Ahmad Liaquat, a resident of Depalpur, Okara intercepted her near Jagawar Chowk on a motorcycle. He approached her and forcefully insisted to drop her to at work. The victim refused the offer. The suspect carrying acid in a steel vessel poured on her face.