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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Wednesday December 13, 2006
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Years of Reporting Dangerously |
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The hype of a free press cannot mask the deadly statistics of a growing band
of journalists who have paid with their lives for reporting the truth in the
past six years.
By Adnan Rehmat
The media in Pakistan has never been freer, and conditions to practice
journalism have rarely been better. Thats been the official refrain these
past few years. The truth, however - the very crux of journalism - is
starkly different. The statistics tell a deadly tale. No less than 20
journalists have beenrecorded killed in Pakistan between January 1, 2000,
and November 20, 2006,including one foreigner - The Wall Street Journals
Daniel Pearl. During thisperiod, there have also been at least 68 recorded
cases of arrest or abductionof journalists, 77 cases of torture or injury,
112 cases of explicit threats orintimidation, 20 cases of the media being
banned, and at least 24 instances ofattacks on media property - in all, 318
cases of various kinds of violence orintimidatory action against the media. |
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http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsDec2006/mediadec.htm |
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PAPRA draft bill to take away Press freedom, says HRCP |
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The draft bill, to set up a Press and Publication Regulatory Authority
(PAPRA) reportedly prepared by the Federal Government, is clearly designed
to take away from the press the little freedom allowed at present, stated
Human Right Commission of Pakistan while condemning the proposed
legislation. A statement issued by HRCP Chairperson, Asma Jahangir, termed
the proposed draft appalling for it granted sweeping powers to the
government to inspect the printing process and visit offices of the
publications to check record and accounts and also to impose tough
penalties, including fine up to one millions rupees and a jail term up to
three years for anything construed as violation of the proposed law, which
has not been floated among the public or even the key stakeholders before
being finalised.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/13/localnews3.php |
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Concern over press regulatory body |
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A draft bill to set up a Press and Publication Regulatory Authority
reportedly prepared by the federal government has been clearly designed to
take away from the press little freedom that it has at present. A press
release of the HRCP said it was appalled that the draft bill, which granted
the authority sweeping powers to inspect and visit printing presses and
offices of publications to check records and accounts and also impose tough
penalties, including a fine of up to Rs1 million and a jail term of up to
three years for anything construed as a violation of the proposed law, was
not floated among the public or even key stakeholders before being
finalised.
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/13/nat9.htm |
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Internet cafe for blind people launched |
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"If we cannot see the world then we must do something that the world should
see us."
These were the wonderful words utter by the visually impaired but young and
energetic lady Amara Amber, a student of BBA while speaking at the launching
ceremony of first-ever Internet cafe for blind people in Pakistan here on
Monday.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/13/nationalnews6.php |
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VOA Urdu TV has new chief |
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Veteran radio and television broadcaster, Ravi Khanna, who has been with the
Voice of America (VOA) for over 30 years, has been appointed managing editor
of Urdu Television, the half-hour programme beamed at Pakistan through a
local Pakistani TV network.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\13\story_13-12-2006_pg7_48 |
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Freedom of expression analysed |
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The world was passing through a critical phase as confrontations in
different geographical locations needed meaningful dialogue for them to be
tackled. This was stated by Hans Joachim Kiderlin, Consul General of Germany
in Karachi, while delivering his keynote address at the inaugural session of
an international conference "Confrontation versus Dialogue: Different
Perspectives on Freedom of Expression and Respect for Religious
Sensibilities", at a local hotel on Tuesday.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=35438 |
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EDITORIAL |
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Press laws
The federal government has come up with a draft bill to set up a Press and
Publication Regulatory Authority (PAPRA), apparently with a view to regulate
the print media. The proposal to form such a body has kicked up a debate
about the nature and purpose of this regulatory authority. To begin with,
the very structure of the proposed authority is contentious as only two of
its seven members are to be nominated from outside the federal government.
Apart from the five office bearers from the government, the two members will
be nominated from All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Pakistan
Advertising Association (PAA) respectively. Secretary Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting has been mentioned to be ex-officio chairman of
the Authority that will work under the supervision of a grade 21 officer
from the Information Group appointed by the federal government.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/EditorialNews.aspx?dtlid=72775&catid=10 |
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FM LISTENING |
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FM 100 Pakistan steals the limelight
Listeners have always been an integral part of any FM channel. The fame of
any FM channel is best depicted by the growing number of its listeners. The
more a channel is heard the more popular it becomes. No doubt, the listeners
are the key to making any radio channel a big success. It means it is the
responsibility of the FM authorities to give the listeners in return
something that could lend them out of the ordinary feeling about it, or at
least keep them glued to the channel.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=72842&catid=17 |
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