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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Tuesday July 10, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Protest
KUJ criticizes sealing of Islamabad Press Club |
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Scores of journalists staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC), on the call of Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) to condemn the sealing of the Islamabad Press Club and opening of fire on reporters covering the Lal Masjid standoff. The speakers noted that the act of sealing the Islamabad Press Club and target killing of journalists were aimed at further gagging the press in Pakistan. They vowed that the journalists would continue to struggle to protect the media freedom and rights of journalists. Various civil society members also participated in the protest demonstration with senior journalists and writers. They alleged that keeping journalists confined to the Islamabad Press Club for several hours and sealing the building was tantamount to assailing the press freedom. They also condemned the killing of a cameraman and manhandling of several others. They demanded that the government should hold an impartial inquiry into the issue and punish the culprits.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=63814 |
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Countrywide protest against sealing of Islamabad Press Club |
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Journalists’ organizations in different cities staged demonstrations to protest the sealing of press club in Islamabad. Speakers alleged that government agencies are restricting media persons from performing professional duties.
(Jang-8)
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Media Miscellaneous
Ejaz lying about my son’s Al Qaeda connections: Ahmad Maqsood |
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Major (r) Ahmad Maqsood vehemently denied religious minister Ejazul Haq’s allegations about Maulana Maqsood Ahmad (son of Ahmad Maqsood) having any Al Qaeda connections. In a press conference held at a local hotel, Maqsood claimed that the suicide attacks on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had nothing to do with his [Maqsood’s] family since they were all residing in Karachi, and there had been no warrants ever issued against them. Major Maqsood also said his son, the deceased Maulana Maqsood, used to write a column titled ‘Naqsh-e-Qadam’ for the Urdu daily Jinnad and had been an active member of the Federal Union of Journalists.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\10\story_10-7-2007_pg7_19 |
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BBC Urdu |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/07/070709_maqsood_father_zs.shtml |
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ARD moves Senate on misconduct against journalists |
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Alliance for Restoration of Democracy Monday filed an adjournment motion with the senate secretariat seeking an in house debate on the government efforts to bar media from covering Lal Masjid events. “This is serious matter and of course, it is an encroachment on the professional duties of media persons which may confuse and send a negative message to general public.” The legislators maintained.
(News-9)
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PPP expresses solidarity with journalists |
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The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has condemned the news of the sealing of the Islamabad Press Club and the Holiday Inn Hotel by the police on July 8. In a statement here Monday, PPP Central Information Secretary Sherry Rehman strongly condemned the latest attack on the media, saying “The Press Club served as a lounge for the journalists, many of whom take it as their second home while many journalists were residing in the five-star hotel next to the Press Club to cover the Lal Masjid crisis. Sealing both the premises is tantamount to rendering the journalists homeless, she added. Criticising the police for thrashing the private television channel reporter, Ms Rehman said was another disgraceful episode of the state’s highhandedness against the media.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=106595&catid=17 |
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Media centre set up to facilitate journalists |
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The government has established a Media Facilitation Centre near Covered Market - a nearby place to Lal Masjid to enable mediapersons to perform their professional duties in a befitting manner. Additional Deputy Commissioner General (ADCG), Amir Ali Ahmad Monday told APP that now a specific place has been designated for the journalists where briefings and press conferences can be arranged. He said Press Information Department (PID) has provided communication facilities in the media centre including telephone and fax. He said as many as 152 male students under the age 18 of seminary have been handed over by Islamabad Capital Territory to their amily after completing necessary legal procedure.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/july-2007/10/nationalnews2.php |
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Media and conflict reporting by M Ismail Khan |
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“There is a need for a state-of-the-art professional development facility. Universities, media organisations and forums should come forward and help journalists polish their talent in conflict/war reporting -- so that they could continue to break news and inform public without breaking their limbs or getting killed in the cross fire.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=63848 |
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Advertising
Billboards not removed as deadline lapses |
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Despite district government’s warning, advertisers have not removed giant billboards from various city roads, posing a threat to people. District Nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas, Rawalpindi Station Commander Brig Sajjad Azam, Cantonment Board Executive Officer Shaikh Shahid Bashir, Rawalpindi Development Authority Director-General Brig (r) Pervez Mahmood Khan and other officials visited Airport and Murree roads last week and issued a week’s warning for removal of billboards.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\10\story_10-7-2007_pg11_2 |
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Movies
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“Nevertheless, there are several serious filmmakers and directors who prefer to promote art and culture through cinema and film, and never compromise their dreams. Such people are everywhere in Pakistan, India and other countries and they must be encouraged by the Arts Council and other organisations working for the promotion of healthy cultural values, added another film critic. Still, those committed to the advancement of art and artists ask what is to be done when troubleshooters choose to act as troublemakers in the field of art and culture.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=63827 |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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