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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Thursday August 02, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Attack on Media
Restriction
Media team detained, prevented from meeting Taliban commander |
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Security forces, on the orders of Mohmand Agency Political Agent Kazim Niaz and Assistant Political Agent Syed Ahmad Jan stopped a team of journalists and kept them for two hours in protective custody while they were traveling towards Ghaziabad in Lakaro to meet Taliban Commander Umer Khalid. The journalists included Arif Yousafzai from The Post, Umer Younus from INP, Zafar from ARY, Aftab Ahmad from Aaj TV, Wahidullah, Rehmanullah, a Shabqadar-based correspondent, and Mostamir, a correspondent of different newspapers at Mohmand Agency. The media team had already contacted Taliban Chief Umer Khalid for a meeting. After reaching Ghalanai, the team met the PA and sought permission to go to Lakaro. The APA granted permission to the media team who then left for Lakaro. However, as they reached Kundao check post, their vehicle was intercepted by armed Khasadars. The media team was taken inside the check-post and was told that the PA and the APA had ordered them via wireless to stop the media team from heading towards Lakaro. Keeping the media team in two hours protective custody, they were forced to go back as they had been ordered to formally arrest the journalists if they attempted to move forward. Reaching back Ghalanai, the PA denied to meet the journalists while the APA at his meeting with the media team said the administration did not allow them to go to Lakaro for security reasons. "Some of the youth who were protesting and pelting stones on government vehicles near Lakaro forced us to disallow the media team to move forward," he argued. When asked it meant local population, especially youth, were supporting Taliban, the APA said he did not know whether the local population was supporting Taliban or not. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=110457&catid=2 |
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Media in Courts
Journalist told to move bail plea |
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Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed a journalist seeking quashment of the FIRs lodged against him with different police stations in city for his alleged involvement in some cases to move bail applications before the respective trial courts. A division bench, comprising SHC Chief Justice Sabihuddin and Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro, put off the proceedings on petition filed by Syed Muhammad Iqbal Kazmi, a local journalist, till August 10. Some five different cases were registered against the petitioner last year with various police stations in city, containing the fraud charges and cheque bouncing allegations. The petitioner was arrested by the Darakhshan police on June 12. He was also produced before the bench. As the matter came up for the hearing, two wounded relatives of the petitioner including his wife Sadia Kazmi and Imran Shahzad appeared before the bench and contended they were coming to the High Court but when they reached near Defence area, four men abducted them. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=110494&catid=2 |
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Media Miscellaneous
NCHD Media Resource Centre inaugurated |
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The National Commission for Human Development’s (NCHD) Media Resource Centre would serve as a storehouse for its visitors, researchers, social scientists working on human development related issues, said Nasim Ashraf Chairman NCHD here on Tuesday while inaugurating the media resource centre.
Chairman said that the Media Resource Centre would provide facilities to its stakeholders including journalists and content developers for acquiring swift and easy access to most accurate and up-to-date information about NCHD and its activities. The main aim of the MRC, he said was to provide resources and support to local media outlets and journalists and to improve the professional skills of the media and to enhance cooperation and partnership between the media, state bodies and non-governmental organizations. “This media centre has been established by utter hard work of NCHD Public Media Department. It is a collection of online, digital media, press releases, photographs of special events, media contacts, fact sheets, newsletters, reports and more presented in text, audio, and video format since from the inception of NCHD”, he further informed. “This Media Resource Centre has been designed to provide instant access to the most exact information released by and about NCHD on the wide range of issues that reflect the positions and diverse expertise of the organization”, Nasim Ashraf added. |
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/aug-2007/2/nationalnews3.php |
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Malik Ismail's murder still a mystery |
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The federal capital police can not solve the mystery of Malik Ismail's murder, a senior journalist who was brutally killed by some unidentified people nine months ago. The instigators say that there was no immediate information about the culprits and the motive behind the murder which has shocked the journalist community already concerned about increasing intimidation to the journalists. After brief analysis of the federal capital police's performance, one can easily assume that their only purpose is to solve high profile murder cases and they were not willing to spare time to tackle cases which fall within the category of low profile cases. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/ShortNewsT.aspx?shortid=4184&catid=2 |
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India bans Aroosa Alam entry, alleged for exchange of secret documents |
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Indian government has issued a Look Out circular (LOC) to all India airports against Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam banning her entry to India. She has been alleged for ties with ISI. Visa to attend South Asian Journalists conference was denied to her. Earlier she was focused in media for her relations with Chief Minster Indian Punjab Amerder Singh.
(Khabrian-1)
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Nawa -i- Waqt Editorial “Judiciary, Freedom of media and President’s claims |
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Nawa –i- Waqt comments, “President should realize that media has gained freedom after struggle. President should first clear his vision then he should set expectations from media.”
(Nawa –i-Wat- Editorial)
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Mobilink operations briefing to media |
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Mobilink Chief Technical Officer Marwan Hayek, on Wednesday explained to a group of media persons the operational system of the cell phone company. The media showed interest in learning about incoming and outgoing calls. Mobilink with over 25 million customers in the country, Hayek said, had made cell-communication simple. The group was taken to the Base Transceiver Station for the briefing. All the technical and functional areas of the BTS were shown to the media and queries about wireless phones' operations were given at the spot by Mobilink technical personnel.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/CorpNewsT.aspx?dtlid=110343&catid=8 |
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Television
Aziz’s interviewer is innocent: PTV |
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A spokesman of state run Pakistan Television has clarified that Lal Masjid’s ex chief Aziz’s july 7 interview was not meant to humiliate. The anchor has already pleaded no-offence.
(Daily Times-B2)
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Radio
FM Listening | What do FM listeners want? By Sehrish Wasif |
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few FM stations tried this but still no noticeable change has been seen in the theme of the shows suggested by the listeners. The new shows may or may not be to the liking the channels administration, but they would certainly be delivering what people want which is of course the FM channels often repeat when asked about the foreign content on their channels. This of course would also rid them of the blight of going against the nature and trying to impose their own choices for of course going against the nature is like going against nature itself.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=110450&catid=17 |
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Obituary
Broadcaster dies |
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Hasib Ahmed Khan a renowned bradcaster who retired as deputy controller after serving Radio Pakistan in various positions for 37 years, died here in Islamabad after short illness. His funeral prayer will be offered at Jamia Mosque Muhammadia, F Block, opposite New Katrian Market, Satellite town Rawalpindi.
(News-14)
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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