Friday July 07, 2006

Journalists Protest in Peshawar

http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2006/07/060706_
pressclub_protest_uk.shtml

Journalists protest attack on press club

Local journalists Thursday held a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club to mark their indignation against the ruling Pakistan Muslim League leaders for attacking and ransacking the press club last week. The protest was held in connection with the countrywide protest call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=14583

Media uplift top priority: Durrani

Emphasising the present government attaches high priority to the development of both print and electronic media in the country, Information and Broadcasting Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani feels the approval by President Gen Pervez Musharraf for the establishment of Media University would surely help journalists build their professional capacity – a must to elevate the standard of journalism in the country.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=47968&catid=17

PEMRA achieves revenue target

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority's (PEMRA) regional office has achieved it revenue target for the year 2005-6. This was told to a meeting of the Council of Complaints of PEMRA with LCCI President Mian Shafqat Ali in the chair.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/CityNews.aspx?dtlid=47996&catid=3

FM LISTENING: City 89 vs football freak No 1

It was a little past seven in the evening yesterday when I tuned into City FM 89. It was one of those rare occasions when I had ventured to tune in to a radio broadcast, for I have never been a big admirer of radio broadcast.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=47961&catid=17

Capital likely to have cinema house

As the cinema industry is facing a serious crisis in the country, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is contemplating to raise a cinema house in the capital.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=14526

NEWS SOURCES:

The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/

The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/

Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com

Spider: www.spider.tm

BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/

Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com

The Economist: www.economist.com

IFEX: www.ifex.org

Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/

Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk

Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com

Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/

The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/

Business Recorder: http://www.brecorder.com

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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