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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Assault
Photo journalists manhandled |
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Photographers of ‘The News’ and ‘Daily Khabrain’ were manhandled and their digital cameras were damaged and stolen while they were covering the arrival of rallies from various cities. Hanif Khattak was taking snapshots of people throwing packs of rice from a truck to rally participants from Chakwal at the Pakistan Sports Complex when a man shouted at him “stop it, don’t take photos.” Within minutes Khattak along with photo journalist Mudassar raja from daily Khabrain were attacked by people from Chakwal housed in a tent at the garden of Pakistan sports complex. “They threw our cameras and even stolen one of my lenses and digital camera from the bag” Mudassr said.
(News-14)
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Aaj TV offices come under intense fire |
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The intense firing of unknown armed men at a private TV channel on Saturday forced its staff to remain confined in the building. According to the details, armed men started firing at Guromandar during the live coverage of Aaj TV channel at the arrival of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary and violence erupted in the city. AAJ TV channel office located on Guromandar Patelpara Business Recorder Road was broadcasting the live coverage of that firing incident. Some armed men during that live coverage started direct firing on Aaj TV channel, the cameraman however was not hurt in the firing incident and bullet hit the wall of the building.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_Ba_ShortNews.aspx?fbshortid=1878&bcatid=14&date=05/13/2007&fcatid=14&bstatus=Archive
http://nation.com.pk/daily/may-2007/13/index1.php
http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_default.asp
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/13/top6.htm
(Express-1)
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Aaj TV offices attacked |
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Gunmen attacked the Aaj TV building here on Business Recorder road, near Guru Mandir on Saturday forcing staff to remain indoors. Journalists were also beaten up at Karachi airport. Security personnel broke camera equipment belonging to Fareed Farouqi (Daily Times) Shezad (CNBC) and Aftab Baig (Jang). Sadruddin Shiekh (Rung TV) was hit by a bullet. Anwer Abbasi (NNI) was injured and Ashraf Memon (Express0 was hit by a shared of glass.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\13\story_13-5-2007_pg1_4 |
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Six journalists injured in airport attacks |
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In a separate incident, six journalists were injured while covering developments at Karachi airport. Fareed Farooqi of the "Daily Times", Shahzad of CNBC TV and Aftab Baig of "Jang" newspaper were attacked and their equipment smashed. Sadruddin Sheikh of Rang TV was shot and wounded. Anwar Abassi of the NNI news agency and Ashraf Memon of "Express" newspaper were injured by flying glass. The government of Sindh province (of which Karachi is the capital) also announced a one-month ban on a journalist from Aryone TV who was accompanying the chief justice.
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http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=22124 |
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Expulsion of reporter condemned |
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Many journalists' organisations shouted slogans during the pro-government rally and amid speech by the Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Pervez Elahi to protest the Sindh administration's order to expel ARY correspondent Asif Bashir from the province, who was accompanying Chief Justice of Pakistan to cover the Karachi events and termed it a blow to freedom of Press in Pakistan. Journalists, who were in large number, reached the place of rally to show their solidarity with the victimised representative of a private TV channel. They demanded immediate reversal of the order as an expression of government's sincerity towards the journalists' fraternity and as a sign of its much-trumpeted love for freedom of press.
(Express-8)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=97007&catid=17&date=05/13/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Journalists escape PML men's torture |
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In yet another attempt to crush the freedom of expression, journalists who were protesting against the firing incident on TV Channel office in Karachi narrowly escaped from the agony of baton wielding workers of Muslim Youth Wing while the police arrived on the scene at the eleventh hours. Approximately forty to fifty baton holding Muslim Youth Wing’s workers proceeded towards the journalists to stop them from protest, when the security personnel arrived at the spot to resist their movement towards lawyers.
However, police and PML leadership succeeded in their collective efforts to stop the expected brawl between the two Muslim Youth Wing and Journalists.
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http://nation.com.pk/daily/may-2007/13/nationalnews3.php |
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MQM held rally at airport building, Journalists’ entry banned |
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MQM held a rally at Quaid-i-Azam international airport building. Participants of the rally chanted slogans for government and MQM. On the occasion, journalists were disallowed to enter airport.
(Express-19)
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Journalists, NGOs condemn attack on TV channel |
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Dozens of journalists, lawyers and activists of civil society organisation voiced down to President Musharraf, down to Altaf Hussain, down to MQM, embargos on media unacceptable, in a protest demonstration against attack on media allegedly by the MQM workers in Karachi. The angry protesters blocked the main Sher Shah Soori Road for traffic for half an hour and expressed their anger over the bloodshed in Karachi and attack on private TV channel and manhandling of dozens of journalists by the MQM workers. Addressing the protestors, Peshawar Press Club President Muhammad Riaz said rulers had started state terrorism against the media, which was unforgivable. He said the rogue force of a Sindh-based political party could not deter journalists from performing their professional obligations.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_NatNews.aspx?dtlid=97002&catid=2&date=05/13/2007&fcatid=14 |
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TNFJ condemns attack on Geo |
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Quaid-i-Millat Jafaryia Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosvi has said disgrace of fourth pillar of the state –journalism- is tantamount to dishonor of the state. In a statement issued from headquarter strongly condemning attack on ‘Aaj’ TV channel, he termed assault on freedom of journalism.
(News-19)
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Journalists slam attack on TV office |
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Journalists on Saturday held protest demonstration in several cities across Pakistan on Aaj TV Channel. In Peshawar journalists staged a protest rally to show solidarity with Aaj TV staff who came under fire. “we stand by Aaj TV colleagues who are defying all pressure from the government.”
(Dailytimes-A4)
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Journalists staged sit in during PML rally |
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During the PML rally in Islamabad on Saturday, Journalists staged sit in to protest the firing at TV channel’s office in Karachi. Journalists staged sit in before the central stage. They chanted slogans against government and MQM. Ministers negotiated with journalists and requested to end protest. Journalists ended the protest after government assurances to probe the incident.
(Khabrain-8)
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Journalists slate firing at Aaj TV |
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Journalists of the twin Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad Photo Journalist Association strongly condemned the attack on "Aaj TV" in Karachi Saturday. Rawalpindi/Islamabad Press Club and Photo Journalist Association strongly protested against the attack. The protest demonstration was led by Rawalpindi/Islamabad Press Club Secretary General Afzal Butt while Farooq Faisal, Ishfaq Sajid, Ali Sheikh, Rawalpindi/Islamabad Photo Journalist Secretary Sohail Shahzad, Afzal Javed, Irfan Tariq and large number of journalists who raised their voice against the attack on the private TV channel.
(Nation-12) (Jang-8) (Nawa-i-Waqt-3)
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/13/top15.htm |
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Attack on private TV channel slammed |
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Media, social and political circles here on Saturday strongly condemned firing, attack and ransacking of offices of a private TV channel and termed it an attack on the freedom of press. Press Club President Muhammad Anwar Sheikh, senior journalists Rashid Zia Qureshi, Ismail Domki, Zulfiqar Aziz Memon, Atif Zaidi, Aslam Munir, Hakim Khaskheli, Syed Ali Muhammad Shah, Arshad Munir, Amir Chandio, Riaz Ahmed Arain, Kashif Zia Qureshi and others strongly condemned attack and firing on the TV channel. District leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) also condemned the attack. APP adds: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Saturday strongly condemned the attack on Aaj television office by unknown men and termed “it a regrettable act”. Talking to the channel, the minister assured that the government would provide security to the staffers of the Aaj TV channel. "We are in constant touch with the governor and the interior secretary and all-out efforts are being made at every level in this regard."
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=2 |
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Press in Pakistan under siege: Hameed Haroon |
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Renowned journalist and Dawn Group head Hameed Haroon has alleged that press in Pakistan is facing severe government pressures during the current regime of Gen Pervaiz Musharraf. In his recent article published in American magazine the Wall Street Journal, he has claimed that government is using different tactics to curb media. Government advertisements for dawn have been banned. Government is harassing opponent journalists. He expressed grief that at international level there is no support for the movement for the restoration of rule of law in country although activists of the movement are not religious extremists.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-6)
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The Post Editorial “Rule of lawlessness” |
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Consider the might of the gangsters and hoodlums that they continued to spray bullets into the office of AAJ TV for hours and roughed up a cameraman of GEO and the government and its so-called law enforcing arms could not stop them. Even the premises of Jinnah Hospital, where the dead and injured were taken, were attacked.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_EditorialNews.aspx?dtlid=96872&catid=10&date=05/13/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Critique on Media
A family channel |
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Sidra Gul, “PTV claims to be a family channel and always proudly says that it is the only channel that is promoting the true picture of Pakistani culture. But sorry to say that a person cannot watch PTV with family because of its vulgar programmes which are not at all picturing Pakistani culture. |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_LetNews.aspx?dtlid=96883&catid=4&date=05/13/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Media Miscellaneous
FUI shattering students’ future |
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Foundation University Islamabad (FUI) is forcing their second batch students of Bachelors of Computer Arts, in Rawalpindi campus to change their bachelors programme which was offered to them at the time of admission. Students did their best but they are helpless. University administration did not taking students application seriously. The students told The Post: "At the time of admission, four-year bachelors programmes in Mass Communication and Physiology were offered to us but after two years these programmes were closed by the university administration without giving us any notice. Now our Bachelors in Mass Communication is turned to Bachelors in Computer Arts. University is teaching Banking, English Literature and computer Arts as major subjects by force. We are requesting the university administration to give us two years complementary programme but administration is showing no concern to our future. They are still forcing us to change our discipline."
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_NatNews.aspx?dtlid=96923&catid=2&date=05/13/2007&fcatid=14 |
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MA Niazi discharged from hospital |
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Executive Editor of TheNation, MA Niazi, was discharged from the Mayo Hospital here on Saturday after his health condition notably improved. Ailing MA Niazi was being provided treatment in a private room of the hospital. According to a senior doctor, MA Niazi was discharged after some medical reports revealed significant improvement in his health condition. The doctor said that health of the ailing MA Niazi was improving fast. MA Niazi has been shifted to his Model Town residence from the hospital.
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http://nation.com.pk/daily/may-2007/13/index9.php |
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And they say the media is free by Omar R. Quraishi |
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Quite expectedly, suspicion veered towards -- as it would -- the electronic media regulator but it immediately came out with a public statement that it had nothing to do with the blockade. Still, there was lingering doubt because governments in Pakistan sometimes tend not to own up to such acts of censorship, mistakenly thinking that this strategy of obscuring information and indulging in double-speak would actually fool the public. By this time it became apparent, mainly telling from the various reports on the local channels that were still on air, that this censoring was mostly confined to Sindh. The prime minister also said, as he has many a time in the past that the media was free to report whatever it chose to. Well, from what happened on Saturday afternoon that doesn't seem to be the case at all. And the worst part is that who-ever is behind it will get away scot-free-again.
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http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2007-weekly/nos-13-05-2007/dia.htm#5 |
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Music
In the name of morality by Delawar Jan Banori |
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After barring barbers from shaving beards, video/CD shops from sales, the moral police in NWFP have begun to enforce their writ through bombings.
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http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2007-weekly/nos-13-05-2007/dia.htm#2 |
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Advertising
Billboard revolution |
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Saleha Abbasi, “Suddenly there seems to be quite a number of billboards of big Bollywood celebrities all over the city. After looking at these one cannot help but wonder have all the Pakistani models suddenly become unavailable? If not then why are we using big names from India and other countries to endorse our products? We should use our own stars for this. We have our share of big celebrities too. Be it our cricketers, rock stars or TV actors. There is nothing wrong in using foreign famous people, only if this is also reciprocated in those countries. This situation portrays a very disloyal and unpatriotic perception prevailing in our nation.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=11 |
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Art
Letter to Editor “Ban on play” |
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Ali Mujtaba, “I’m no extremist and no follower of the Lal Masjid people but I support the ban of the play “Burqavaganza” on the premise that it had the potential of hurting sentiments of the conservative sections of the Pakistani society. It is imperative that the media act in a responsible manner by not ridiculing certain sections of the society.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=11 |
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