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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Thursday September 06, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Protest
Badin: Journalists protest |
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A large number of journalists of the town and its adjoining areas observed a token hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against kidnapping of their colleagues, Haji Khan Lashari and Amar Singh Rathore, a few days ago. The strikers demanded that the government should ensure safe recovery of the kidnapped journalists. A delegation office bearers of Badin, Talhar, Golarchi and Matli press clubs called on the regional police officer of Hyderabad and DIG Syed Shaukat Ali Shah, separately and demanded early recovery of the kidnapped journalists. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/06/local37.htm |
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Media in Courts
APNS petition against wage board |
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Sindh High Court bench has accepted the APNS constitutional petition against wage board for hearing. Court ordered to hear other related petitions of herald with APNS plea. APNS has challenged the legal and constitutional position of wage board.
(Jang-3)
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Media Workshop
Workshop for journalists |
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The Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project, a US funded programme, Wednesday arranged a skill improvement workshop for journalists covering parliamentary proceedings. The workshop was attended by NWFP Assembly Secretary Nazir Ahmad, MPAs including Pir Mohammad Khan, Khalid Waqar Chamkani and Farha Aqil Shah and assembly high-ups. Former Secretary National Assembly Khan Muhammad Goraya shed light on the historic perspective of parliament, parliamentary rules and procedures and the working and terminologies used in the parliament while Zaigham discussed the role of parliamentary journalists. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=116531&catid=2 |
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Media Miscellaneous
German embassy fetes Pak media women |
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Pakistan media women are not fully trusted to cover main events like politics and crime are restricted to cover areas like fashion, education and health. Women representing different print and electronic media organizations of Pakistan expressed these views at a lunch organized by German Embassy.
(Nation-13)
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Press club groundbreaking today |
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Prime Minsiter Shukat Aziz will lay the foundation stone of national press club here in Islamabad on September 06. Function will be held in PM secretariat.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-1)
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Movies
Aged former film editor slain; two die on road |
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The body of a former film editor, whose throat had been slit, was found in his house under mysterious circumstances here on Wednesday, the police said. The deceased was identified as Aga Mansoor Ahmad aged 70. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/06/nat12.htm |
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Copyrights
Plagiarism to cost PU Rs 926 million |
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The Punjab University expects a Rs926 million grant for its 2007-08 fiscal from the higher education commission ignoring the fact that the latter has already frozen its grant for failing to act against its faculty members accused of plagiarism.
(Dawn-12)
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Internet
Broadband internet in 40 cities soon |
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Information Technology Minister has said that government had prepared a program to prepare to provide high speed broadband internet in over 40 major urban centers within next one year.
(Dawn-19)
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HEC website gaining popularity |
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Official website of higher education commission is one of the most visited portals in the country with about 0.27 million users hitting it everyday and eight million visiting it per month.
(News-20)
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Telecommunication
Software to jam stolen cell phones |
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The local Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) has developed a software to jam stolen and snatched cell phones and now phone jamming service is available in the district. CPLC chief Muhammad Arif told office-bearers of the Cell Phone Traders Association at a meeting here on Wednesday that the phone jamming service was free and that it had been started with the help of CPLC, Karachi. He said that any stolen or snatched phone could be blocked after fulfilling requirements, adding that cell phones would not be blocked on phone calls. He said the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority had also been contacted for direct access to phone blockage. He asked people to contact the CPLC for blockage of their stolen or snatched cell phones. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/06/nat39.htm |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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