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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Sunday August 05, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Attack on Media
Assault
DawnNews TV staff manhandled |
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DawnNews on late Saturday night issued the following press release, “DawnNews TV strongly has condemn the use of intimidation, manhandling and illegal confinement of its cameraman by security staff posted at the UN office in street 17, sector F-7/2 of Islamabad on Saturday.” DawnNews staffers were on the shoot in the street. “the staff security agency posted at the UN office confiscated the camera of DawnNews staffer. Mansoor Ahmed dragged him into the UN premises,, detained him illegally for some time. Another cameraman Asif Mirza was also assaulted.”
(Nation-8)
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Journalist manhandled by UNDP security guard |
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UNDP security official tortured a journalist. Journalists talked with the UNDP office security incharge and protested the manhandling of journalist. (Source Online Photo on the post)
(Post-B-2)
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Media Protest
Journalists protest against attack on Urdu Daily |
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In Peshawar to express resentment over the ransacking the office of Urdu Daily in Murree, journalists staged a protest demo and demended the government to arrest the accused forthwith. The protest demo was staged outside the Peshawar press club. Akhbar Faroosh leaders from AJK and Islamabad have also condemned the incident.
(Nation-20) (Jang-3)
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Media Miscellaneous
Press freedom priority despite all odds: Durrani |
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Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani Saturday claimed that press freedom is the top priority of the incumbent government and it would continue with it despite all odds.
Addressing a special meeting of the regional committee of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) here, the Minister said the government had reacted promptly to any incident meant to restrain the media.
“We have introduced a new culture of adopting dialogue process to resolve all outstanding issues. The prompt and speedy actions taken by the government at all levels to ensure the media freedom is exceptional in the political history of the country. We are committed to resolve all the issues faced by the media,” he said and added that all necessary measures would be taken to facilitate the media sector.
The Minister agreed to the proposal that an impartial probe should be conducted by the provincial government over the issue of sealing the bureau office of the Daily Ausaf, Murree.
(The Nation),
(The Post),
(News-9)
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Info secy vows to pay arrears to media |
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NWFP Information Secretary Muhammad Afzal Khan said Saturday the provincial government was keen in clearing outstanding advertisement liabilities of the newspapers and had made record payment of more than Rs 32, 100,000 to them during the last two months. Chairing a meeting to evaluate the monthly performance of the Information Department, he said due to the personal interest of Chief Minister Muhammad Akram Khan Durrani and Information Minister Asif Iqbal Daudzai, a sum of about Rs 10 million was also in the pipeline, which would be paid to the newspapers within the next week. Director Information Faridullah Khan, Assistant Director Establishment Waheedullah, Assistant Director Advertisements Salim Khan, Assistant Director P&B Imran Khan, Assistant Director Transport Firdous Khan, Assistant Director Films Ansarullaah Khilji, Section Officer General Kaleemullah Khan as well as the Superintendents of the Advertisements, Establishment and Accounts attended the meeting. The Incharge officers gave details of the activities of their concerned sections during the meeting and a number of decisions were taken to further boost their performance. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_NatNews.aspx?dtlid=110963&catid=2&date=08/05/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Quake rumours shake up bankers, media |
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Rumours of a light earthquake at 3:30pm on Saturday caused people working at national and international banks, television channels and newspapers on II Chundrigar Road to panic even though the Pakistan’s Metrological Department has bluntly rejected the news. “It is nothing than a rumour,” the department’s director general, Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry told Daily Times. “We have not received any such data in any of our offices throughout the country. Developmental work on Chundrigar Road is at its peak, and perhaps some cranes have pulled out some hard objects stuck in the ground near a building, fuelling the rumours of the jolts,” he speculated.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\05\story_5-8-2007_pg12_4 |
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Right from the scapegoat’s mouth |
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Nilofar Bakhtiar, “The media should have a filter process, whether it relays the Lal Masjid operation, a bomb blast or any other event. We need the media for sure, but the state interest should never be jeopardised.”
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http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/070805/dmag5.htm |
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Radio
Fm listening | Nothing new but everything by Sehrish Wasif |
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Everyday we see new developments are taking place around us. New things, technologies and trends are replacing the old ones. This all are pushing our way of thinking and living style towards new dimensions. It is obvious that a normal human being is always in search of new things and change. The monotony kills the charm of living and makes life dull. However, if we look around we can find many such examples where we can see how a slight alteration in any thing or place has added/given new meaning to it.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=110949&catid=17&date=08/05/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Internet
PTCL asked to reach accord with ISPs on DSL services |
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PTA has asked PTCL to stop transferring broadband customers of private internet companies through its own network without permission. The directive included immediate halt of advertising campaign pf PTCL broadband.
(News-9)
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Telecommunication
PTA Chairman’s absence irks senators |
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Expressing strong annoyance over the non-presence of PTA Chairman in the Sub Committee meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Saturday directed all mobile phone companies to adopt measures to restrict unauthorized sale of mobile SIMs in the country. Sub Committee’s meeting chaired by Senator Gulshan Saeed observed that the mobile telephone companies were issuing connections in bulk without verifying the identities of the subscribers from NADRA with a view to promote their business by surpassing the rules and regulations framed by PTA. The members of the Committee expressed the view that the mobile phone companies were fleecing the nation of billion of rupees and that increase in the use of mobile phones was one of the main reasons showing an upward trend in the rate of crimes in the country including the terrorist activities. The representative of NADRA informed the committee that online verification system had already been introduced by NADRA and that cellular companies could benefit from this scheme. He further informed the committee that as per their record 20.1 million connections had so far been issued by various mobile companies out of which verification of 17.25 million connections had been carried out by these companies. |
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http://nation.com.pk/daily/aug-2007/5/nationalnews4.php |
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Cancel unauthorized SIMs: Senate |
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The Sub-Committee of Senate Standing Committee on Interior Saturday directed the mobile companies to take immediate action against the unauthorised mobile SIMs. The committee presided over by convener Senator Gulshan Saeed made observations that the mobile companies were issuing connections in bulk without verifying the identities of the subscribers from the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra). The committee expressed concern over non-compliance of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's rules and regulations by mobile companies only for promotion of their business.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_MainNews.aspx?bdtl_id=6787&fb_id=2&catid=14&date=08/05/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Telenor helps flood-affected people |
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Telenor Pakistan, continuing with its efforts to provide relief to the flood-affected people, has distributed food and drinking water to almost 10,000 families in the badly-hit areas of Sindh and Balochistan. Telenor Pakistan employees across the country also contributed generously to a flood relief fund set up by employees themselves. The resulting amount has helped to meet the basic needs of several thousand people.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=3 |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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