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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Tuesday December 12, 2006
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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PAPRA bill to regulate media |
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The Federal Government has drafted a bill to set up "Press and Publication
Regulatory Authority", ostensibly with a view to streamlining and regulating
the media industry, but without any consultation with the stakeholders, thus
giving rise to fears among press circles that the proposed legislation would
prove to be another control mechanism to influence the print media. It is a
matter of great concern for general public as well as journalist community
that idea of establishing a new regulatory body was not floated to elicit
public opinion before preparing the draft legislation.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/12/index4.php |
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APNS concerned over reports of media authority |
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The All Pakistan Newspapers Society said on Monday that it had noted with
grave concern reports that the federal government intended to establish a
Press and Publications Regulatory Authority on the same lines as Pemra. Kazi
Asad Abid, Secretary General of the APNS, said in a statement that the
government's intention appeared to control and regulate the print media
through a bureaucracy-dominated authority which would become a lever to curb
freedom of the press. The APNS executive committee, he said, would meet in
Lahore on Dec 18 to discuss the issue and work out a suitable |
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/12/nat12.htm |
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Daniel Pearl case |
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SHC hears appeals of Omer Sheikh, others
Defence counsel of Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, a convict in US journalist
Daniel Pearl kidnapping and killing conspiracy case, Monday contended that
no conspiracy in regard to the US journalist was hatched and that
prosecution had failed to prove the onus against the accused. Initiating the
proceedings of appeal, Omer's counsel Khawaja Sultan read charge-sheet
against the accused and statements of prosecution witnesses from paper book
of case, including taxi driver Nasir Abbas, ex-chief of CPLC Jameel Yousuf,
IO Rao Aslam and journalist Asif Mehfooz Farooqui before the court. |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=35204 |
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PIO fetes journalists |
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The Principal Information Officer of the Press Information Department of the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Islamabad Mr Rashid Ahmed hosted
a luncheon here on Sunday in honour of the newspaper editors and senior
journalists at the Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi.Mr Rashid Ahmed said
that he was keen to meet the newspaper editors and senior journalists after
taking over the assignment and renew acquaintance with them.
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http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=8060 |
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Pakistani media is free: Sherpao |
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Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao said that Pakistani media was
enjoying unprecedented freedom and that the country had access to all kinds
of information. He was talking to a Nordic media delegation at his residence
on Monday. He said freedom of expression and development of electronic media
played a vital role in the development of countries.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\12\story_12-12-2006_pg11_6 |
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Writers urged to portray life as they see it |
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A two-day writers conference opened here on Monday with a call to writers to
portray life as they see it. Ambassadors of Love, Art and Peace (ALAAP), a
non-governmental organisation, is hosting the moot in collaboration with the
Iqbal Academy Pakistan, the Church World, Service (CWS) Heinrich-Boll
Foundation (HBF) and some other bodies, at the Aiwan-i-Iqbal. The topic of
the inaugural session was 'Language, literature and society'.
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/12/nat10.htm |
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Journalists to protest on 14th Dec |
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Journalist organizations have announced that they will hold a protest
demonstration in front of PPP Central Secretariat on December 14 (Thursday)
against the PPP leadership's failure to take notice of the illegal
occupation of National Press Club (NPC) by the party's deputy information
secretary, Sajjad Bukhari, and his armed men. According to a Press release,
the decision was taken at a joint meeting of the executive and action
committees of National Press Club, RIUJ and PFUJ.
Dawn, Islamabad, Page-19
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Dawn staffer grieved |
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Khadija Bhai Nagori, mother of Yusuf Nagori, Dawn photographer, died on
Monday morning after a protracted illness. She was 78. She left behind two
sons and two daughters to mourn her death. She was laid to rest in Tando
Yousuf graveyard. Her soyem will be held in Rehmania Masjid, unit-7
Latifabad, on Tuesday between 10 to 11am.
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/12/nat39.htm |
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LETTERS TO EDITOR |
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Redemption
Sir: One must give PEMRA some credit; it is not often, especially in
Pakistan that an organisation learns from its mistakes. After being
bombarded with letters in all major publications for discontinuing the
programme 'Loose Ends' it seems that PEMRA has put its act together and has
decided to retract its earlier decision. This is good news and PEMRA may
just have redeemed itself.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\12\story_12-12-2006_pg3_7 |
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