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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Friday July 06, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Attack on Media
Assault
Police attacked reporter and cameraman |
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Security officials brutally tortured a reporter and a cameraman of a private channel in Lal Mosque vicinity. They were kept in custody for some time but released later. According to details, ARY reporter Asif Bashir and cameraman Sher Afzal were brutally tortured. Camera was damaged. Cameraman escaped to reach main camp, while reporter was arrested, released after some time. Cameraman told that they were tortured by Islamabad Police.
(Express-2)
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Media Protest
The Nation Editorial, “Media Freedom” |
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“The coverage of the Lal Masjid standoff seems to have changed the mind of certain individuals within the government about the responsibility and fairness that the media exercises when going about its business. However, this should hardly be construed as a paradigm shift. The reporting of the media was unbiased, responsible and fearless even on May 12th in Karachi, which prompted the draconian amendment to the PEMRA ordinance. Though the amendment was later scrapped, its effects continue to reverberate through the media: certain things are not kosher to publish or broadcast, others are. Similarly, in the tribal areas, the regime has not ensured the journalists' safety; a number of journalists have been manhandled, kidnapped and even killed for their reporting of the conflict there. The government cannot have its cake and eat it too. Approval of coverage that puts the government in a relatively favourable light, like that Lal Masjid standoff, and a vociferous disapproval when it is shown in an unfavourable light is not becoming of a government that claims to have provided the media unprecedented freedom.”
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/july-2007/6/editorials4.php |
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Press under siege | Lal Masjid and the media by Sadaf Arshad |
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“Sending journalists in conflict zones without any preparation is a violation of their basic right, the right to live. Where the past records have ostensibly shown that such crossfire and conflicts have provided ample room for journalists to lose their lives, basic preparation is a must. Helmets and bullet proof jackets are the minimum requirement for journalists when a decision is taken to send them to these zones, but unfortunately, no media organization has ever considered it. Javed Khan, the latest victim of crossfire, was without the basic gear. Media owners must provide bullet proof jackets and helmets, the very basic and primary requirement to enter a conflict zone. After losing many precious lives, a great damage to the profession, it is time for media owners to take some positive measures as far as security of journalists is concerned. Training, safety gadgets and insurance are those areas that need to be addressed. Otherwise insecurity would penetrate deep among journalists and that would be a blow to professional excellence.”
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=105929&catid=11 |
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Media Regulation
Sale of air time to foreign broadcasters prohibited: Pemra |
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The Pakistan Electronic Media regulator Authority has reiterated that sale of air time by the community based local FM radio stations to foreign broadcasters is prohibited under the law and this regulatory provision has time and again been upheld by the courts of the country.
(News-9)
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Media Miscellaneous
US delegation visits NUML to review progress of Media University in Islamabad |
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A three member delegation from Kulorido University visited National University of Modern Languages Islamabad. Delegation is visiting Pakistan to find areas of cooperation in establishment of Media University in Islamabad.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-3)
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Television
Geo TV National service, arbitration through telephonic dialogue |
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Geo News television organized a telephonic dialogue between government and Lal masjid administration. After the start of current turmoil, it was the first ever contact facilitated by Geo News.
(Jang-1)
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Private channels provide bullet proof jacket to reporters |
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Reporters and photographers have been covering the incidents of firing outside lal mosque at the risk of their lives. On Thursday, some private channels had provided bullet proof jackets to their reporters.
(Express-1)
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Radio
FM Listening | Kashif: We will miss you! By Sehrish Wasif |
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In the boulevard of these broken dreams, one rummages the world through every nook and corner, through every lamp and street to find something - something different - something that brings you out of the monotony, and make you believe that yes this is life, and yes this is worth living for. The FM industry is still in its juvenile stage; with a new brand of listener ship that is on the rise by the day, and already many of the so-called? new listeners? are already sick of the drabness ever present here, and asking for something different. But it seems like that they may not have to search for long for hey presto! Rj Kashif Khan is here.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=105952&catid=17 |
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Breaking News on Radio Pakistan |
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Radio Pakistan has first time introduced breaking news segment to up date listeners about latest news on current situation.
(Khabrian-3)
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Advertising
The tragic story of a billboard victim |
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Dreams of making it big in the city lure hundreds and thousands of boys to Karachi every year. Among them, was a young and energetic boy who came from upcountry to this mega city. Unfortunately, his dreams were cut short tragically when he became one of the victims of a billboard that fell after heavy rains on June 23. Bakhur Ullah, 22, who was earlier identified as Irfan, met with this sad fate at Askari Park, Old Sabzi Mandi, Main University Road. The deceased worked at a local hotel as a waiter. He was standing outside the Park, when a billboard installed within the park’s limits fell on him. Sajjad Khan, a taxi driver and cousin of the deceased told The News that he had been informed by onlookers that several of them tried their best to pull Ullah from beneath the billboard but were unable to move the board an inch due to its size and weight. He added that they then asked machine operators to help rescue his cousin. An extracting machine in use of the local town administration for ongoing projects on the road was thus used to attempt to remove the board. However, the attempts met with failure at least three times as the machine could not support the weight of the enormous billboard. Eventually, they succeeded in lifting the billboard only to find that Ullah’s body had been crushed to pulp splattered and stuck to the billboard, stated Khan.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=63404 |
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Telecommunication
From cellphone theft to balance theft |
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Telecommunications authorities have displayed helplessness in assisting cellular subscribers who have let loose a barrage of complaints on them after receiving calls from people pretending to be lottery-runners and depriving them of their call balance. In a recent report, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) recognised the new trend of complaints it has been receiving from the cellular consumers, but has not suggested any remedy to counter such acts. “Apart from obnoxious calls, fake calls are also being reported that claim that you have won the lottery by operator, which can be claimed after providing them a few scratch card passwords,” said the PTA’s Telecom Quarterly Review. The telecom regulator also cited serious complaints from consumers regarding poor service of cellular companies, fake calls and SMSs (short messaging services), billing as well as network congestion. The PTA said that during the third quarter (January-March 2007) of the last fiscal year, a total 753 complaints were received against the cellular companies. “Complaints against Mobilink and Paktel have reduced whereas complaints against Warid and Telenor have increased over the quarter,” it added. The quarterly review also pinpointed deficiencies of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited — the largest telephony of the country. “During the quarter January-March 2007, PTCL customers have reported excessive complaints against delayed restoration and activation of services,” said the PTA report. The review also cited numbers of more than 30,000 mobile phone sets in Karachi that were blocked after snatching or theft following implementation of the IMEI based system across the country in September 2006. |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=63395 |
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Announcement
Qul for deceased photographer |
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Qul Prayers for deceased photographer of Daily Markaz Javed Khan will be offered today on 4 p.m at his residence Gali#70, CDA colony I-10/1 Islamabad. President press club Rawalpindi/Islamabad and secretary Press club Rawalpindi/Islamabad has invited media community to attend prayer congregation. Javed Khan was killed in cross fire outside Lal masjid on July 03, 2007 while covering firing incidents.
(Express-2)
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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