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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Tuesday March 06, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Journalist Seeks Pardon After Threats From Militants: Barbers in Dara Adam Khel ban shaving |
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Barbers in Dara Adam Khel hanged notices in their windows saying “Men’s shaving is banned and Taliban Zindabad”, eyewitnesses said. Mean while the people who had received death threats have been pasting notes on the wall of a mosque in Dara Bazar asking the militants to “pardon” them, eyewitnesses said. Among those who pasted the notes were tribal policemen and a journalist who the Taliban declared “liable to be killed” for “spying” on the Mujahideen. “Since we don’t know who these people are and also don’t know how to seek forgiveness, we found this novel way to send our message to the people who matter,” said one cop who just returned from pasting his note on the mosque wall.
(Daily Times – Page A12)
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Laws in Pakistan against Islamic teachings: cleric |
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A cleric, who is at the centre of various controversies here, has said that laws in Pakistan are not in consonance with Islamic teachings and despite registration of cases against him he will continue to preach Islam. The cleric, Maulana Fazlullah, told Dawn on Monday at his native area of Imam Dehri that the government had not kept its word of enforcing Shariat in the Malakand region and therefore they had to re-launch their movement for achievement of that goal. An FIR was registered against the cleric and hundreds of his supporters by the Swat police on March 2 after the police failed to arrest him owing to stiff resistance from his supporters.
(Dawn – Page 4)
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http://dawn.com/2007/03/06/nat13.htm |
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Protest against journalist’s murder |
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Relatives and children of Munir Sangi, a journalist killed in Larkana, staged a protest demonstration on Monday outside the Sindh Assembly building. The were protesting against the Larkana Police for not taking interest in arresting the culprits involved in Munir’s murder. They also complained that the police were trying to implicate Hadi in a false murder case. Hadi is a journalist working for a local TV channel. The family including Munir and Hadi’s children are on a hunger strike outside Karachi Press Club.
(Daily Times – Page A2)
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Government claims Hayatullah killed in dispute over money |
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The government believes that the high-profile murder of tribal journalist Hayatullah Khan was the ‘result of a monetary dispute according to an Interior Ministry document. The family denies the claims. The document obtained by Daily Times, added that a Pashto leaflet was circulated in Miranshah Bazar a day following the killing of Hayatullah indicating that he was killed by militants “due to alleged spying for the government.
(Daily Times – Page A4)
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Media Institute starts working |
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Riphah Institute of Media Studies (RIMS) has started functioning in Rawalpindi as a faculty of Riphah International University in collaboration with the University of Bedfordshire, UK.
(Dawn – Page 19)
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PTV Khabarnama will be uplifted to modern standards |
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On the directives of the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to uplift PTV khabarname to new and modern standards, PTV News and Current Affairs in its efforts changed the background “set” and dresses of its newscasters in the Khabarnama telecast yesterday.
(Daily Express – Page 3)
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Proper coverage not given by electronic media: NWFP Assembly |
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The NWFP Assembly protested with PTV and Private Channels for not providing proper coverage to the assembly sessions. The Provincial Minister for Health Inayatullah said that proper coverage was not given to many important sessions specially the discussions over suicide bombings.
(Daily Express – Page 8)
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Kohat Press Club Polls, Senior Journalists boycott. |
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The senior journalists of the Kohat Press Club boycotted the polls that were to be held on 4th March. The journalists alleged that the Election Committee was siding with some contestants and rejected the nomination papers of 6 journalists on the basis that they had attached old authority letters and papers with their nomination papers.
(Daily Aaj – Page 2)
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General Secretary Kohat Press Club resigns. |
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The General Secretary of the Kohat Press Club Abdul Sami Paracha has resigned. He had tendered his resign after the polls and interference of the Election Committee.
(Daily Aaj – Back Page)
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Sohail Qalander’s release is the success of journalist community: Shabqadar Union of Journalists |
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The Shabqadar Union of Journalists organized a special function to celebrate the release of Sohail Qalandar. The ceremony was attenfded by Tehsil Nazim Shabqadar, Naib Nazim, Councillors and journalists.
(Daily Aaj – Page 2)
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41 billboards along Airport Road removed |
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On the directive of the Aviation Authorities, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has brought down a string of billboards that stood along the Airport Road and posed a threat to flight safety and security of VIPs.
(The News – Page 2)
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Five security cameras stolen |
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Five out of the 36 close-circuit security cameras installed at various points in the city have reportedly been stolen. The cameras were installed at a total cost of Rs1.2 million to help check criminal activity in the city. It is being suspected that the three city cable operators engaged in a tussle over area hegemony were responsible for the theft. The city police, on the report of Rescue-15 in charge Inspector Nasrullah Niazi registered the case against 11 people, including Zafar, Taji, Raja Tanveer, Mirza Atif, Mirza Asif, etc, under sections 379 and 427 of the PPC with no arrest.
(Dawn – Page 5)
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http://dawn.com/2007/03/06/nat28.htm |
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Cinemas to go on strike from 15th |
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The cinemas across the country will go on token strike one day in a week from March 15 for three weeks. If their demands would not be accepted the owners would completely shut down the cinemas after that.
(The Nation)
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/mar-2007/6/localnews.php |
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Meera plans to join politics |
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Film actress Meera has decided to join politics and said she has offers from almost all major political parties to join. She disclosed her ambition to join national politics in an informal chat with newsmen at the inauguration ceremony of Go Aish Adventure Park here on Monday. She said she was seriously considering to join a political party. However, she did not disclose the name of any particular party.
(Dawn) (The News- Page 9) (jang – Page 8)
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http://dawn.com/2007/03/06/local5.htm |
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Scholars pay homage to Shah Bhitai |
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Scholars paid glowing tributes to the immortal poet and saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai at a literary conference, part of the 263rd Urs celebrations of the Sufi poet, at Bhitshah Excellence Centre on Monday. They read papers on the life, poetry and philosophy of the great Sufi poet at the conference, which was organised by the Department of Culture and Tourism in cooperation with Sindhi Language Authority, and said that Shah’s message was peace, love, universal brotherhood and oneness of God.
(Dawn)
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http://dawn.com/2007/03/06/local29.htm |
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Letter to the Editor: This will go on all night |
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The mobile phone companies in their ads high light different packages. There is, though, an unnecessary enticement in these ads to talk all night, ostensibly, with a lover. As a result, students are not getting proper sleep and hence not able to pay attention in the classroom next morning.
(The Nation)
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/mar-2007/6/letters2.php |
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Paintings show |
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An exhibition of paintings by a talented Punjab University faculty member Ali Azmat, starts at Canvas Gallery on Tuesday, March 6 2007, from 5pm to 8pm. The show titled ‘This is not untitled’ comprises of 20 new oil on canvas paintings. The show remains open daily till March 17 200, from 11am to 7pm excluding Sunday.
(Dawn)
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http://dawn.com/2007/03/06/local27.htm |
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