Saturday July 08, 2006

New Pashto channel from August 14

The Pakistan Television Corporation is launching a new Pashto channel from its Peshawar centre in August. “The new channel is likely to be launched on Aug 14 by the president or the prime minister. Only a go-ahead from the top brass is awaited,” said an official. According to him, the estimated annual expenditure of the channel – Abaseen – will be Rs350 million.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/08/nat12.htm

Pakistan upgrading copyright laws

Pakistan has started upgrading its copyright laws with the help of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) following pressure from trading partners particularly the United States to improve its negative copyright image.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=48659

Quake-hit radio station left to suffer

Nine months after earthquake, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation slow to help rebuild radio stations

The quake-stricken employees of Radio Muzaffarabad are still working in abject conditions due to an 'indifferent' attitude of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation towards their plight. Of the two buildings of the 150kw radio station, one was flattened and the other was rendered unusable by the Oct 8 quake which consequently brought its transmissions of to a grinding halt.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=48658

Feature:

Carte blanche - Journalism: the power of suggestion

By Mehmal Sarfraz

The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself” — William Allen White. There was a time in my life when I had given up on reading newspapers or watching the news channels. The reason was that every media report, whether it was in the newspapers or on the news channels, had nothing but dismal news.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=48140&
catid=11&date=07/08/2006&fcatid=14

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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