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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Saturday April 07, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Seminary students burn CDs and DVDs |
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The administrator of Lal Masjid set on fire CDs, VCRs and TVs worth more than Rs 1.5 million after announcing implementation of Shariat courts. The CDs, TVs and videocassettes were surrendered voluntarily by one of the shopowners of Aabpara Market. Muhammad Younis, owner of Bilal Video Centre, told this news agency that he does not have any repentance to give up his business nor he has been pressurized by anybody. “I let my business on my own free will and serve my rest of life in light of the golden principles of Islam, he added. He also denied receiving any compensation from the administration of Lal Masjid.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_default.asp |
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Video shop owners alarmed by Jamia Hafsa warning |
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Terrified by the one-month deadline Jamia Hafsa students set for them to close down their businesses, owners of video shops in the Aabpara locality demanded security. Talking to Daily Times, they said their businesses had been hanging in the balance since Jamia Hafsa students and the administration had asked them to close down their businesses. Most shopkeepers in Aabpara spoke to Daily Times on the condition of anonymity fearing the wrath of madrassa students if they disclosed their names.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\07\story_7-4-2007_pg7_11 |
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Lal Masjid’s website blocked |
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The government on Friday blocked Lal Masjid’s website highlighting “achievements” of Madressah Hafsa students and propagating its agenda of introducing, what they called, Shariah system in the country. Earlier, the government had stopped an FM radio transmission from the mosque, but only after the matter was reported in the media. A source in the capital administration, told Dawn that the government had issued directives to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block the website “www.lalmasjid.org” to stop the mosque’s management from launching its propaganda through the use of information technology.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/07/nat9.htm |
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Pamphlet for journalists by Lal mosque students |
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A pamphlet was distributed among journalists by the students of Lal mosque. Writers, journalists were urged to side the campaign against obscenity and vulgarity. Pamphlet has addressed the journalists and writers community to work against social evils of the society.
(Khabrain-7)
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Live coverage of Khutba-i-Jumma by Foreign media |
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Foreign media conducted live coverage of the Friday prayer’s address in Lal mosque and announcement for Sharia implementation. A large number of foreign media journalists of different foreign news channels were present on the occasion.
(Khbrain-7)
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Bar on journalists protested by MPs |
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National Assembly Standing Committee for Finance held a meeting in parliament house in which members protested the bar on journalists by secretary of the committee without the consent of chairman standing committee. Journalists were told that meeting would be held in camera. Chairman Anwer Ali showed his anger over the decision. On query of MNA Kashmala Tariq, journalists told that they were barred on the orders of secretary of the committee.
(Express-8)
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Editorial: Save the National Art Gallery |
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To be sure, Mr Naeem Tahir, the handpicked head of the Pakistan National Council of Arts, is an honourable man. Wasn’t he, like Mr Shaukat Aziz and Dr Naseem Ashraf, plucked from the bosom of the USA by no less than President General Pervez Musharraf and dragged to Pakistan to shore up his vision of “enlightened moderation” in Pakistan? But what on earth is Mr Tahir up to?
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\07\story_7-4-2007_pg3_1 |
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Journalists asked to pay Rs 20,000 quarterly instalment |
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Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has directed issuance of allotment letters of plots to the mediamen of Rawalpindi and Islamabad in the Rawalpindi Press Club Housing Scheme Lohi Bher till May 15 while the quarterly instalment has been reduced to Rs 20,000. Earlier, the quarterly instalment was Rs 87,000, which has now been reduced by the efforts of office bearers of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club and senior journalists.
(News-5)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=90992&catid=17&date=04/07/2007&fcatid=14 |
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CM condemns lawyers’ violence against colleagues, journalists |
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Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday condemned that mistreatment of senior lawyers and journalists by other lawyers, saying that the violent lawyers had not only brought disrespect to their community, but had also hindered the professional duties of journalists. Talking to a delegation of journalists in Islamabad led by Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club President Mushtaq Minhas, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said that those holding protests in favour of the law and the judiciary had no right to usurp the rights and liberties of others. He said that the violent incidents took place in the presence of hundreds of lawyers within the premises of the Supreme Court, adding that the manhandling of journalists was being condemned across the country.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\07\story_7-4-2007_pg7_33 |
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Elahi deplores torture of lawyers, journalists |
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Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Friday deplored torture of senior lawyers and journalists by some lawyers during the last meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council, which is hearing the reference filed by President General Pervez Musharraf against Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Talking to a delegation of journalists in Islamabad, led by Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club President Mushtaq Minhas, he said: "Working at the behest of the opposition, some lawyers not only insulted their own community but also did a grave injustice to media representatives who were performing their professional duties."
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_MainNews.aspx?bdtl_id=5323&fb_id=2&catid=14&date=04/07/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Media delegation meets Kasuri |
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A seven-member media delegation from Brunei and Malaysia, visiting Pakistan on the invitation of the Institute of Policy Research Islamabad, called on Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri here on Friday. The foreign minister briefed the delegation on Pakistan’s foreign policy, including its relation with Malaysia and Brunei and with major powers like China and the United States, the 14th SAARC Summit, Pak-Afghan relations and composite dialogue process with India.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\07\story_7-4-2007_pg11_4 |
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New version of ‘Daughter of the East’ hits stands |
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After a 20-year wait, self-exiled prime minister Benazir Bhutto has chosen ?Simon & Schuster" -- the publisher of General Musharraf's autobiography -- to publish the revised version of "Daughter of The East: A New and Updated Autobiography" in the hope of getting similar publicity at the international level as in the case of "In the Line of Fire".
Benazir is said to have chosen "Simon & Schuster" after carefully thinking that the name of this publishing house was now known all over the world because of the book "In the Line of Fire" that generated a lot of controversies both at home and abroad.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=2 |
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New Member Pemra |
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According to government notification, Mr. Khan Noor Khan Sagheer has been appointed new member Executive PEMRA. He will replace Mr. Shahid Humyune.
(Express-3)
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