Tuesday September 13, 2006

A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues

MEDIA LEGISLATION:

Freedom of Information Bill to be tabled in PA soon, says Daudzai

NWFP Information Minister Asif Iqbal Daudzai disclosed Tuesday the provincial government had prepared the draft of NWFP Freedom of Information Bill that would be presented soon in the assembly after being approved from the cabinet. Addressing the inaugural session of a seminar on 'Police Reforms and Rule of Law: New Legal Framework and Opportunities for Citizens' held under the aegis of Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) at a local hotel, the minister said the bill would ensure access to the public records as well as made the government more responsive and accountable to the masses.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNews.aspx?dtlid=58763&catid=2

RADIO SECTOR

FM LISTENING: 106.2 Hum FM covers live from Dubai!

Usually on FM channels live coverage includes inauguration ceremonies, social activities like walks, seminars, workshops, fun-gala and sports events. But these are generally done internally, within Pakistan. 106.2 Hum FM does things differently. Last Saturday they covered live, a charity dinner organised by Shaukat Khanam Memorial Hospital, all the way form Dubai.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=58781&catid=17

STATE MEDIA

“Ashraf Azeem Appointed as permanent Managing Director of PTV: notification issued”, Daily Express, Page-4

MEDIA RELEASE

Mukhtaran stars in documentary film

Quiet and unsmiling behind a pink headscarf and a brown wool shawl, seamstress Mukhtaran Mai is an unlikely icon for women's rights. But Mai is a gang-rape victim who broke with tradition to tell the world her story and insist that Pakistan prosecute the men from her village who raped her as punishment for a crime they said her brother committed. Her tale has become a gripping, but still-unpolished documentary that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, explaining how Mai spoke out about the rape, rather than taking the traditional route of committing suicide to save her family's honour. “My strength came from God,” she told Reuters at the festival, speaking on a glitzy hotel patio amid the buzz of rival interviews and the clink of water glasses.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\09\13\story_13-9-2006_pg7_11

Mukhtaran film shown at Canada festival

Quiet and unsmiling behind a pink headscarf and a brown wool shawl, Pakistani seamstress Mukhtaran Mai is an unlikely icon for women's rights. But Mai is a gang-rape victim who broke with tradition to tell the world her story and insist that Pakistan prosecute the men from her village who raped her as punishment for a crime they said her brother committed.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/13/top16.htm

MEDIA PROTEST

Hayatullah's murder report:

Tribal journalists want report made public
Journalists on Tuesday expressed concern over a delay in making Judicial Commission Report (JCR) public on the murder of tribal journalist Hayatullah Khan. The Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) had demanded the federal government make the document public to enable the law take its due course against the outlaws. Syed Bukhar Shah, the PPC president, said that he failed to understand why the government held back the report to the resentment of the journalists. He said that the government had promised that it would not hide truth regarding Hayatullah's murder. However, Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani “I am expecting the report to reach me in a day or two,” Durrani said.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\09\13\story_13-9-2006_pg7_25

MEDIA & Government

“Awais Ghani briefs CPNE delegation on Balochistan situation”, The Nation, Page-10

SEMINAR:

Call to check intellectual property rights violations”, Dawn, Page18  

OBITUARY

Photo journalist Zaigham Zaidi is no more

Zaigham Zaidi, one of Pakistan's best known photo journalists, is no more. He died on Monday, aged 76, after a three-month coma and a protracted illness of four years. Mr Zaidi, who is survived by two wives — one of them being journalist Rubab Aisha — three sons and one daughter, was buried on Monday.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/13/nat25.htm


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