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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Sunday April 15, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media in Court
Reporters not to cover court proceedings |
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Reporters covering court stories have decided that they would not cover court proceedings and hearings unless the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) assures that they would be provided protection from intimidations from the quarter concerned. This was decided at a meeting of the court reporters held at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. The meeting, expressing concern over mishandling of reporters by the lawyers, said that the journalists were consistently receiving ëthreatening calls’ from the city lawyers which is condemnable in each term. It was demanded in the meeting that a stern action be taken against those involved in the beating of journalists on Friday during a protest rally by the lawyers. They also condemned the smashing of footage devices of cameramen by the lawyers.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4 |
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Music & Movies
Local Taliban raid video shop, burn CDs in Islamabad |
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Fear and panic gripped the area when a group of local Taliban belonging to Lal Masjid raided a video cassettes shop in Bhara Kahu, an Islamabad area, and burnt CDs and video cassettes on Saturday evening. The Bhara Kahu police, on the complaint of the locals, have arrested three Taliban from the scene and registered an FIR under the Anti-Terrorist Act (ATA), while more than 10 Taliban managed to escape. A witness told this correspondent on the condition of anonymity that a group of Taliban, carrying batons, reached Nai Abadi of Bhara Kahu in a Toyota pickup bearing registration number Peshawar 3868. “Jamia Faridia and Jamia Hafsa was written in bold letters on the vehicle,” the witness added. The Taliban entered Al-Awan video shop and threw CDs and video cassettes out of the shop. Later, they chanted slogans in favour of Islamisation and against the rulers and set the stuff on fire, he said. He said he informed Rescue-15 and the area police at the request of the scared people of the vicinity. The area police rushed to the scene and arrested three Taliban identified as Zainullah, son of Sher Zaman, Mehrab Hussain, son of Rehmat Hussain, and Muhammad Idrees, son of Muhammad Gul, while others, including the driver of the vehicle, fled the scene. The police have registered the case against the accused under the 7 ATA and started investigation.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_default.asp
(Jang-8)
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\15\story_15-4-2007_pg1_5 |
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APMC concludes amid captivating performances |
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The All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) concluded at Bagh-e-Jinnah Open Air Theatre with a pledge to promote and preserve traditional classical and folk music Saturday.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_ShortNews.aspx?shortid=3538&catid=3&date=04/15/2007&fcatid=14 |
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Classical music’s woes |
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The Post Editorial, “With no recognition, and no money, it is hardly surprising that leading masters have dissuaded their children from following in their footsteps. Many have in recent years faced abject poverty and have relied on charity during sickness. There is an urgent need for the government to step in, protect such professionals, safeguard the heritage of music within the gharana system by offering them patronage in one form or another, and lead society towards regaining touch with some of its most beautiful aspects. There is, after all, ample place for all kinds of music, and the immensely difficult art of the classical musicians must not be lost to the national heritage.”
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_EditorialNews.aspx?dtlid=92247&catid=10&date=04/15/2007&fcatid=14 |
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IJT activists attack PU pharmacy festival |
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More than 70 Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists on Saturday evening attacked the Pharmacy Festival organised by the Punjab University College of Pharmacy and beat up a dozen students, a teacher and a guard. They also broke a multimedia projector, a crystal dais, windows, crockery and flowerpots, PU officials said. The IJT activists, led by PU nazim Muhammad Ayub, hijacked three of the varsity’s buses from the New Campus and travelled to the Old Campus where the event had been organised. They sabotaged it owing to its “un-Islamic” nature. “They entered the campus and declared a war against the administration for allegedly promoting ‘vulgarity, obscenity and immorality’ in the name of the college’s third anniversary celebrations,” an official said. He said everyone who tried to stop them was thrashed and even the girl students were beaten up.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\15\story_15-4-2007_pg13_1 |
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Media Unions
PBA condemns attack on journalists |
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The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has strongly condemned the attack on journalists and camera crew of ARY TV, KTN, Indus News and Sindh TV while they were covering the protest rallies in Karachi and Islamabad on Friday. In a statement issued on Saturday, the PBA said that it was utterly unfortunate that not only the cameras and equipment of media men were damaged but they also sustained serious physical injuries. The journalists were beaten while they were performing their duty, it added. Taking note of the apologies rendered by the representative bodies of lawyers and political parties, the PBA stated that the journalists are performing their duties in a charged and difficult atmosphere. This requires accommodative and cooperative behaviour from both the protestors as well as the law-enforcing agencies, it pointed out. The PBA urged both the law enforcing agencies and the civil society arbitrators to let the media do its work objectively in an unhindered manner.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4 |
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CPNE condemns violence against journalists |
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An emergent meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) Karachi members convened by Secretary General Mr. Wamiq A. Zuberi and presided over by Senior Vice President Dr. Jabbar Khattak today strongly condemned the acts of violence and physical assault on journalists including cameramen while covering the protest rallies of the Lawyers Community in Karachi yesterday. The meeting said that it was even more deplorable that an MNA of Pakistan Peoples Party in the “Graduate Assembly” assaulted a Journalist while he was interviewing the leader of the PPPP group in the National Assembly Mr. Makhdoom Amin Fahim. Describing the assault on the Journalist by the PPP MNA, the CPNE meeting strongly condemned the provocation and maintained that it also reveals the mindset of these members of the “Graduate Assembly”. The meeting declared that any attack on the media personnel while they are performing their professional duties is unacceptable and must be condemned by all segments of society in the country.
(News-9) (Nation-5) (Jang-8) (Nawa-i-Waqt-8)
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Harassment of journalist flayed |
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The district council Dir on Saturday condemned the local influential Maliks for harassing and pressurizing a journalist of Wari Dir Upper, and asked the government to ensure protection of journalists in district against such elements. Chaired by its convener Azizul Haq the council flayed the pressure tactics of some influential maliks for holding a jirga to punish a local journalist who reported a suicide by a young girl.
(News-3)
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Media community demands reorganize Federal Press Information in NA |
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Media community of Northern Areas has demanded to reorganize Federal Press Information of Northern Areas. Journalists from Northern Areas have asked Federal Information Minister to interfere immediately and activate press information department. They condemned the present role of Federal Press Information of Northern Areas. Journalists expressed concern that local journalists are being ignored in important functions.
(Khabrain-5)
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Arrest of killers of journalist demanded |
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Qamar Sherazi from Jattlan has demanded the immediate arrest of murderers of a journalist Aftab Kazmi vice president of press club Dodhial. Journalist’s murder was an attempt to curb freedom of press. He asked district administration to arrest the culprits of responsible for journalist’s murder.
(Khabrian-7)
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Telecommunications
Islamabad police to register cases against hoax phone callers |
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The Islamabad police will register cases under the Telegraph Act against people making hoax phone calls to Rescue 15; as such calls affect genuine people who need immediate and emergent help. SSP (Operations) Captain (retd) Zafar Iqbal said this on Saturday during an interaction with media persons at Rescue 15. The SSP said eight telephone operators work in a shift at Rescue 15 to attend help calls and more than 70 per cent calls they receive are hoax, which deprive people of the help police could provide them in emergency situations. He said the address of such hoax callers would be traced and cases would be registered against them. Meanwhile, Incharge Rescue 15 Inspector Musarrat Khan informed that they receive more than 6,000 calls daily but more than 70 per cent of them are bogus. The SSP also appealed to people to give suggestions so that working of Rescue-15 could be improved.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=51297
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\15\story_15-4-2007_pg7_17 |
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Hoaxers to be booked: SSP |
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The Islamabad Police will register cases under 'telegraph act' against those callers making hoax phone calls to Rescue 15 and depriving the people of immediate relief from the police in any emergency. This was stated by Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Captain (r) Zafar Iqbal here Saturday during an interaction with media persons at the Rescue 15.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Arc_IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=92211&catid=17&date=04/15/2007&fcatid=14 |
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PTA word fails to dispel fears |
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The hoax of killer mobile virus kept on haunting people the second day despite Pakistan telecommunication Authority’s clarification to lay rumor at rest. Most of the people tend to believe that virus could believe lethal instead giving weight what PTA has clarified.
(News-13)
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Internet
Fighting cyber crime remains an elusive enterprise |
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The government has announced that it will install high technology mechanisms at the National Response Center of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to counter cyber-terrorism but what cannot be ignored is that the existing Cyber Crime Wing of the FIA lacks not only the advanced technology, but is devoid of any infrastructure as well.
Launched on March 13, 2003, the Cyber Crime Wing was established after the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. In this case, Pakistani agencies had to rely on American investigators to trace the e-mails sent to the media by his abductors. That is when the need was felt for such a unit. The Pakistan government was criticized at that time heavily by certain quarters of the Western media, as controversies kept on pouring from all corners over the circumstances in which the murder took place. “It is not a separate set up and is still in the offing, and working under crime circle, said Deputy Director FIA Immigration, Khalique-uz-Zaman. Such programmes take time and investmentî, he said, admitting that the current Cyber Crime Wing, despite the huge publicity it received from the media, is not effective “even after three years of its launch.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4 |
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Cyber crime defined |
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The definition on Wikipedia suggests “Cyber crime encompasses any criminal act dealing with computers and networks (called hacking). Additionally, cyber crime also includes traditional crimes conducted through the Internet. For example hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts are considered to be cyber crimes when the illegal activities are committed through the use of a computer and the Internet.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=51323 |
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Art
Performing arts academy at PNCA still a dream |
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The inauguration of National Art Gallery earlier set in March by President Musharraf is still elusive due to occasional emergence of some petty issues either raked up deliberately or unintentionally. Of late the PNCA has faced stiff resistance offered by some quarters regarding setting up of performing arts academy a dream of DG PNCA Naeem Tahir.
An issue of improper handling of sculptor Jamil Baloch’s artwork tainted the environment and sparked some verbal exchanges between the officials engaged with the project, dubbed as nursery for poor artists incapable of bearing expenses.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/apr-2007/16/localnews5.php |
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Click locally, flip globally |
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Flickr.com is a virtual exhibition of artistic expressions of individuals from China to Peru. Thus TIME magazine chose architecture student Ali Khurshid from Karachi as one of the outstanding people of the year, for enticing the artistic curiosity of online visitors through his breathtaking digital compositions of twilight at Clifton beach. Photographers like Khurshid are not the amateurish folks posting their digital pictures on the fast growing online community called flickr.com, as more professionals from different walks of life are showcasing their second degree of visual art or still pictures in a more profound way. Flickr.com has been credited as the best online photo management and sharing application available to users. Many flickr.com’s members from Pakistan are uploading pictures ranging in subject from landscapes to landmarks across Karachi and Khyber. Others are managing excellent ‘photo albums’ of their families and friends. “You can have 20 MB worth of photo streams for free and 2 GB for $25 per annum on flickr,” says Zahid Ali Khan (ZAK), a 45-year-old professional photographer and member of flickr.com. “People, regardless of their ages and professions, consider flickr.com an effective medium to display and share their visual art depicted through still photographs.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=4 |
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Announcements
Reference in memory of Ashraf Hashmi |
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‘Dira’ in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) announced to hold a national literacy reference in memory of well known journalist and scholar Ashraf Hashmi at PAL auditorium on Tuesday April 17th. Reference would be chaired by Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Information Minsiter Mohammad Ali Durrani and Senator Waseem Sijjad will be chief guests.
(News-12)
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Journalists’ colony, Date extension for 1st installment |
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Rawalpindi Islamabad Press club has given extension in last date for payment of first installment. Now April 18th has been fixed last day for the payment of first installment. After 1st installment, offer letter will be issued.
(Express-2)
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Media Blah Blah
CM Punjab assures aid for photo journalist |
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Chief Minister Punjab Pervaiz Elahi has given full assurance for assistance to a photo journalist suffering hepatitis C. CM assured full support of Punjab government for his treatment. Photographer Mubashir Taimuri met Chief Minister during passing out parade of police in Suhala and informed CM about his ailment.
(Express-2)
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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