Monday August 07, 2006

Punjab govt's media campaign criticized

PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has said the chief election commissioner should take notice of the image-building media campaign being run by the Punjab government for the forthcoming elections involving millions of rupees. In a statement, he said self-projection campaign out of World Bank loan for education sector reforms in Punjab was illegal, unconstitutional and unethical.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/07/nat4.htm

20,000 rare books in jeopardy

Over 20,000 books, including a number of precious and rare ones, of the Central Archeological Reference Library have been shifted to yet another location in the city for the fifth time in nearly a decade, it is learnt reliably on Sunday.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/07/local4.htm

MORE:

“Musharraf's book to be launched in September”, Daily Times, Front Page

“Media enjoys unprecedented freedom: Durrani”, The Post, Page-A-2

“Workshop on media role today”, The Nation, Page-3

“PTV gearing up for overhaul”, The Nation, Page-20

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: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/158/

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.pakistanpressfoundation.org

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

States Man: http://www.statesman.com.pk

Frontier Post: www. frontierpost .com.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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