October October 02, 2006

A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues

MEDIA PROTEST

Shakeel Anjum's case inquiries moving at snail's pace

After passage of 14 days since Shakeel Anjum, the Senior Crime Correspondent of The News was implicated in the triple murder case by Inspector Idrees Rathore, the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Shehzad Town police station, there is little progress in the two separate inquiries initiated against those who masterminded the worst oppressive tactics to intimidate and harass the journalist.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=26704

CABLE OPERATORS

Cable operators airing indecent ads, Indian movies

Cable operators in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi continue to air obscene advertisements and Indian movies with the connivance of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) staff without regard for the public complaints and the sanctity of the month of Ramadan.

http://www.worldservicesint.com/newfp/News.aspx?ncat=hn&nid=24

JOURNALISTS CONCERNS

“Legal documentation for journalists colony completed: Raja Basharat”, Daily Express, Page-2

“Journalist Colony to be launched in Ramazan”, Daily Dawn, Page-15

LETTERS TO EDITOR:

PTV being robbed

Some things are so outrageous that it is very hard to believe them but you have to. For example, Pakistan Television is being robbed of Rs 2.4 billion every year and it is not even complaining. It was, no doubt, a brilliant move to arrange compulsory collection of annual television fees through electricity bills in 12 monthly installments. The arrangement increased the collection manifold, far more than PTV ever got, even after engaging a contractor to do it. PTV could now spend much more on improving its content and infrastructure.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/LetNews.aspx?dtlid=61849&catid=4

COMPILED by: Sajid Gondal, Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan (www.internews.org.pk)

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