Monday August 14, 2006

Civil awards for Rana Tahir, Saleh Zaafir

President General Pervez Musharraf will confer distinguished civil award ‘Tamgha Imtiaz' on two senior journalists of the Jang Group of Newspapers on 59th Independence Day of Pakistan here Sunday. They are Rana Tahir Mahmood, editor of the daily Jang, Rawalpindi , and Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, editor special reporting of the Jang group. Both of them have rendered meritorious services in the field of journalism in various positions.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=2511

Rawalpindi Press Club Journalists Colony

Ground breaking next month, says Elahi

Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, while announcing the master plan of the Journalists Colony, said the groundbreaking ceremony will be in the first week of September. He said this while talking with Provincial Law Minister Muhammad Raja Basharat on Sunday.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\08\14\story_14-8-2006_pg11_1

Journalists Colony plan approved

Punjab Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Bodies Muhammad Basharat Raja has said that Punjab Chief Minister Ch. Parvez Elahi has given approval to the master plan of the journalist's colony at Lohi Bher and in next fortnight he will lay-down the foundation stone of the project.

http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/august-2006/14/nationalnews3.php

SAFMA team to visit India today

A group of 29 people from all walks of life, including journalists, members of parliament, businessmen and civil society representatives cross the Wagah Border today (Monday) on the first leg of a visit to India.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\08\14\story_14-8-2006_pg13_5

Pearl film shot in Pakistan without permission

A Hollywood team making a movie about Daniel Pearl recently shot scenes in Karachi and Islamabad , as well as the countryside, without the permission of the government of Pakistan .

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\08\14\story_14-8-2006_pg7_4

Ummah must have its own media, moot told

It is the most sacred responsibility of the Islamic movements to set up their own media organisations because without such a network, the Ummah could not defend itself from media campaign and propaganda by the western forces.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/14/local11.htm

SOURCES :

The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/

The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/

Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com

Spider: www.spider.tm

BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/

Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com

The Economist: www.economist.com

IFEX: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/158/

Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/

Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk

Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com

Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/

The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/

Business Recorder: http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

States Man: http://www.statesman.com.pk

Frontier Post: www. frontierpost .com.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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