Wednesday July 05, 2006

Journalist pressured to reveal sources; six press club attackers arrested

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) protests strongly against an attack by supporters of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-QA) on Peshawar 's press club, in which several journalists and others were injured.

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/75513/

Protest against attack on press club

Abaseen Union of Journalists holds hunger strike, burns effigy of PML provincial president to protest attack on Peshawar Press Club

Swabi --- The Abaseen Union of Journalists (AUJ) observed a hunger strike on Tuesday in protest against an attack by activists of the ruling party on the Peshawar Press Club and the brutal killing of Hayatullah Khan.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=48506

FM LISTENING: ‘Rock n Roll'

The best way to escape the everyday boredom of life is to spend time listening to music. Summer and winter vacations are the only time of the year when students are free and can afford to chill with various sources of entertainment. So apart from watching television day and night they also turn an ear to FM radio.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=47618&catid=17&
date=07/05/2006&fcatid=14

PTV to make dramas on SAARC stories

The PTV Lahore centre is planning to dramatise two selected stories from each member country of SAARC. One classical and one contemporary story will be chosen to represent each country in this series of dramas.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_ShowBizNews.aspx?dtlid=47592&
catid=9&date=07/05/2006&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

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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