Saturday June 03, 2006

PEMRA Chairman ordered to surrender possession of illegal farm

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Iftikhar Rasheed to return the possession of an orchard farm to its legitimate owners immediately. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and Justice Syed Saeed Ashhad was hearing a suo moto notice taken by the chief justice of Pakistan on a news report stating that the PEMRA chairman had occupied a piece of land located in Orchard scheme on Murree Road illegally and the police was not taking action against him despite complaints of the land's legitimate owners.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\03\
story_3-6-2006_pg7_14

SC asks Pemra chief to vacate land

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately hand over possession of an orchard farm to its legitimate owners.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/03/top18.htm

Murder of journalist in Larkana:

HRCP supports PFUJ's call for inquiry by SHC

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has supported the call by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) for a judicial inquiry by a Sindh High Court (SHC) judge into the killing of journalist Munir Sangi near Larkana.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\03\story_3-6-2006_pg7_45

Journalists protest violence against colleagues

Journalists staged a token walkout from the Senate press gallery on Friday in protest against the increasing incidents of violence against their colleagues.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\03\story_3-6-2006_pg7_32

‘Islami Jamiat Talaba campaign':

‘Stop music, stop drama and dance'

A handbill widely distributed by the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) in the Punjab University denounced Punjab Governor Lt Gen (r) Khalid Maqbool and Punjab government's policy to start music and drama courses at higher education institutions.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\03\story_3-6-2006_pg13_1

CM gives Rs 2m for RY Khan Press Club

District Nazim Rafiq Haider Leghari Friday gave a cheque of Rs 2 million for district press club RY Khan on behalf of the Punjab Chief Minister. President district press club RY Khan, Malik Habibullah received the cheque. DCO Hamid Nawaz Sheikh and tehsil nazim.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_NatNews.aspx?dtlid=42604&
catid=2&date=06/03/2006&fcatid=14

MPs want ‘Da Vinci Code' banned

The parliamentary affairs minister and minority members of the National Assembly on Friday demanded a comprehensive ban on Da Vinci Code, a recent controversial blockbuster by Hollywood .

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\03\story_3-6-2006_pg7_22

‘BD enjoying broader freedom of expression'

Bangladesh has been enjoying freedom of expression in a much broader sense after the 1991 elections, which saw the formation of the first civilian government in nine years, allowing the country to relapse to a Westminster-style parliamentary system of democracy. Mostafa Kamal, diplomatic correspondent of The Daily Prothom Alo, made this remark on Friday during a discussion with the editorial team of The News. He was a delegation member of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), visiting Pakistan .

http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4

Cartoons were an act of inclusion: Danish editor

Flemming Rose, culture editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, has said in an interview that he published the cartoons that sent a wave of protest across the Muslim world as an act of “inclusion, not exclusion.”

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\06\03\story_3-6-2006_pg7_11

Bride and Prejudice fails to attract 

The Bollywood fuzz, which has been taken over by the great kings of the film industry who are busy in importing and distributing foreign movies in Pakistan , has now landed with the Bollywood run of the mill, Bride and Prejudice.

http://www.nation.com.pk/magazines/nationplus/2006/3-jun/page5.htm

Editorials

Press freedom in Pakistan continues to languish in its sorry state. Slogans claiming “the press is free” have proved to be untrue, as countless media persons continue to perish under the climate of hostility the establishment has created for the press. MunirAhmed Sangi, a young photographer of local Sindhi-language daily Kawish and cameraman for the Sindhi-language Kawish Television Network (KTN) was shot dead on May 29 while covering a gunbattle between the Unar and Abro tribes in Simahee Unar village on the outskirts of Larkana city. Journalists in Karachi , Larkana, Lahore and some other cities held demonstrations over Sangi's tragic death.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_EditorialNews.aspx?dtlid=42542&
catid=10&date=06/03/2006&fcatid=14

Opinion:

Carte blanche: The farcical ‘freedom'

By Mehmal Sarfraz

“The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep the waters pure” — Thomas Jefferson. President General Pervez Musharraf has on numerous occasions claimed that he firmly believes in the freedom of the press and that the media in Pakistan is completely free.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=42545&
catid=11&date=06/03/2006&fcatid=14

News sources :

The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/

The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/

Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com

Spider: www.spider.tm

BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/

Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com

The Economist: www.economist.com

IFEX: www.ifex.org

Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/

Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk

Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com

Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/

The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/

Business Recorder: http://www.brecorder.com

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

Compiled by, Sajid Go nd al Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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