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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Wednesday August 01, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Attack on Media
Intimidation
Journalists ask DPO to take notice of police hostility against journalist |
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Journalists have termed the police hostility against journalist Murtaza Anjum as an attack on freedom of press. It was stated by journalists of press club Kalkhar in a joint statement. They urged DPO Chakwal to hold inquiry against police officials. Press club passed a joint resolution to condemn police aggression.
(Khabrian-4)
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Media in Court
BHC bans media criticism of VCs’ appointments |
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The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Tuesday stopped the media from criticising the appointments of retired military officers as vice chancellors of three provincial universities. University professors and students had expressed their discontentment in newspapers against the VCs’ appointments. A BHC division bench consisting of Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai and Justice Akhtar Zaman Malghani gave the verdict after hearing a constitutional petition by Syed Saleem Akhtar. The BHC expressed annoyance over the involvement of some Balochistan University professors and lecturers from the platform of Academic Staff Association (ASA) against universities’ management.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\01\story_1-8-2007_pg7_33 |
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Media Regulation
11 foreign channels get Pemra approval |
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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday granted licences to three more TV channels Waseb, TV One and Rung TV, a mobile TV licence to Mobilink and landing rights to 11 foreign channels. The authority also approved 297 fresh cable TV licences which were being run illegally.
Briefing journalists after the authority’s meeting, Pemra chairman Iftikhar Rasheed said the decisions had been taken to ensure the principles of fairplay and competition among electronic media players. The authority examined the current status of electronic media in the country and resolved to maintain a level playing field for all media operations. With the grant of three more TV licences, the number of private TV channels in the country has increased to 26. Pemra had earlier issued a mobile TV permission to Telenor. The Pemra chairman said steps were being taken to regulate the private broadcasting sector. He said that efforts to regularise illegal and unlicenced operations would continue till the introduction of true regulatory framework in the county. He said that the authority had also decided to finalise a precise programme content code for FM radios. He said that the authority had decided not to permit any FM station to air foreign programme or content in deviation of its prime objective of providing local community-based programmes. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/01/nat1.htm |
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Media Miscellaneous
Media must not show extremists as heroes, says Musharraf |
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Addressing a ceremony arranged by Pakistan Television (PTV), President Musharraf has urged the media not to portray terrorists and extremist as heroes. Musharraf said Pakistan was going through a turbulent period and it was binding on the electronic and print media not to demoralise the nation. “Deny space to terrorists and extremists and don’t convert them into heroes,” he asked the media. He said the media’s independence was as necessary as the independence of the judiciary. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\01\story_1-8-2007_pg1_4 |
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Partying banned in Islamabad |
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The government has imposed a ban on all official and private parties in the federal capital because of threats of terrorist attacks by militants linked to Al Qaeda and Taliban. A circular issued by the Interior Ministry states that all concerned departments have been directed to restrict holding any private and official parties till further notice. Hotels have also been issued the circular to abstain from hosting any private or official engagements at their venues as a precautionary measure. To this effect, a US aid workshop scheduled to be held at Parliament Lodges has also been cancelled at the last minute.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\01\story_1-8-2007_pg7_9 |
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Television
President launches new look of PTV |
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President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday while honouring the judgment of the Supreme Court said the four pillars of the state; judiciary, legislative, executive and media need to coexist with harmony, within their particular domains."These four pillars have to conduct their roles without fear or favour. They must exist in harmony with each other," the President said while addressing the launching of "new look of PTV" aimed at converting the PTV-I into PTV Home and PTV World to air news round the clock.Regarding presidential reference against the Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, President Musharraf said it was his constitutional obligation to forward the reference to the Supreme Judicial Council. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_MainNews.aspx?bdtl_id=6712&fb_id=2&catid=14&date=08/01/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Movies
President impressed by Khuda Kay Liye |
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President General Pervez Musharraf Tuesday termed the newly released film ‘Khuda Kay Liye’ an outstanding movie. He said he had seen the film and it was excellent. Addressing a ceremony of state-owned television, Musharraf said he was proud of the capabilities of its maker Shoaib Mansoor. This, he said, showed that there was no dearth of talent in the country. |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_default.asp |
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Petition seeking ban on ‘Khuda Kay Liye’ |
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The Sindh High Court (SHC), on Tuesday asked the counsel of the religious scholar who sought injunction against the exhibition of the film ‘Khuda Kay Liye’ to produce the text of the Qura’an and Hadith that prohibits music and pictures in Islam. The court was hearing the petition of Saifullah Rabbani, a spokesman of Jamia Binoria Al-Alimi, SITE, who claimed that the film contained controversial scenes and the real face of Islam has been distorted in the story of the film. The petitioner’s counsel Maqboolur Rehman said that the controversial movie has defamed the teachings of Islam and was promoting music and western culture. He alleged the film producer and director tried to create hatred against Islam and Jihad, which was having a negative impact on the minds of Muslims as well as people of other religions. He claimed that the film had been banned in India and Europe but surprisingly it was being screened in Pakistan by the cinema owners. He said that Chairman Censor Board, who is the supervisory authority, has not banned the movie nor deleted the controversial scenes from it, which could create sectarian and religious hatred amongst the different sects of Muslims. It was submitted that film artistes being Muslim used dialogues that were derogatory and insulting to religious feelings and emotions. |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4 |
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Announcement
PAL launches English literary journal |
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The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL)'s bi-annual Pakistani English literary Journal that consists of the English writings of the Pakistani writers is a source of their introduction home and abroad. These views were expressed by Pakistan Academy of Letters Chairman Iftikhar Arif while talking to reporters on the launch of the latest issue of the Pakistani Literature. He said numerous writers of Pakistani origin in Pakistan and abroad had been producing literature in English. "Their writings are published in the latest issue of Pakistani literature in a combine form so that the writers and readers may get a vivid introduction of the work of these writers who have chosen English as a medium of their creative expression," he said.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=110312&catid=17&date=08/01/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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