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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Friday June 15, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Attack on Media
Censorship
Govt. Pressure on Begium Nawazish Ali |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/06/070614_nawazishali_closure_sq.shtml |
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Media in Courts
Another petition against harassment of journalists filed |
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Another constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday against incidents of harassment and intimidation of journalists. Filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution by Shakil Ahmed Turabi, a journalist, the petition seeks a court order for the executive authorities regarding prevention of untoward incidents against journalists and provision of a protective and congenial working environment. Federation of Pakistan through interior secretary, information ministry, all heads of the intelligence agencies, provincial home secretaries and the principal information officer have been made respondents in the petition. Turabi has moved the SC through his counsel Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg7_16 |
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Media Protest
Journalists to observe Global Action Day |
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Journalists throughout the country will observe a Global Action Day today (Friday) to safeguard the press freedom in Pakistan on the call of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). Multan Union of Journalists (MUJ) President Nadeem Shah announced that all electronic and print media representatives of the city would set up protest camps and organise a rally to express solidarity with their counterparts across the country.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=102335&catid=2 |
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Media Miscellaneous
Musharraf cautions media against - abusing freedom |
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President asks media not to create despair
Media is a powerful tool of accountability and its role is extremely important in portraying the positive image of the country, President General Pervez Musharraf told a joint gathering of the officers of Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy at the Air Headquarters in Islamabad Thursday. The president added that the freedom of media was no doubt a necessary element but it was also the responsibility of media not to create despair among people. He said the media should only highlight the issues of national concern and should not try to aggravate the negative issues.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/MainNewsT.aspx?bdtl_id=6126&fb_id=2&catid=14
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg7_17
http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/15/top4.htm
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Action against media a mistake, says Mushahid |
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PML Secretary General Mushaid Hussain opined that the circumstances would not have taken the present shape if he or Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain had been consulted regarding judiciary affairs. He clearly said that media issue was also a government blunder similar to that of judiciary.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/jun-2007/15/index14.php |
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Minister gives legal notice to ANN |
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Federal Information Technology Minister Owis Khan Leghari has sent a legal notice to Asian News Network (ANN) News agency for connecting his link with Kafila Siddiqui in a news report. Legal notice has been issued by Syed Law Associates on behalf of Minister. Notice has claimed that news report was fake, it only maligned the reputation of Minister and his family, according to defamation ordinance 2002, the act is a crime. ANN has been asked to beg pardon and pay Rs 100 million as fine within 14 days of notice. ANN has also been asked to publicize the pardon.
(Khabrian-1)
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Govt defenceless in NA on judicial crisis and media gags |
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The government on Thursday came under tacit criticism from within its own ranks over arrests of political activists, judicial crisis and media gags. Pirzada praised the prime minister for what he said putting the economy on the right path with special focus on agriculture sector. He said the government should concentrate on the issues of arrests of political activists without any reason, lawyers’ problems and curbs on media because these issues were spoiling the government’s credibility.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg7_11 |
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Feedback | Press freedom and democracy by Zaheer Bhatti |
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“The 'free press' freely reported the tears in Musharraf's eyes on hearing of the so-called proofs of proliferation, but it failed to treasure the tears shed by the Khan after concluding the forced confession, as he ended with prayers for the safety and security of Pakistan. What got centre-spread coverage, were Boucher's State Department briefings and Colin Powel's intrusive phone calls demanding further steps from Musharraf on breaking the alleged nuke proliferation Network of Qadeer Khan, as if he was the ring leader of the underworld, which as facts bear out, was actually the Western patent.”
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=102446&catid=17 |
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IIUI will launch own TV channel, Newspaper, to be a cyber university |
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Dr Manzoor Ahmed Rector International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) said in a press conference on Thursday in Shah Faisal Mosque Campus that IIUI would be converted into Cyber University. With this facility, students in other campuses will be able to attend the lecture in there own campus. For this propose, we have contacted very senior official of PTV to make the feasibility report. On the occasion, Dr Anwar Sadiqqui, Vice Chancellor of IIU said that we are planning to make big media centre here at IIUI. "We have also started Urdu and Persian departments" he added. He also told that University will launch its own newspaper and TV channel.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-3)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=102440&catid=17 |
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Inter Akhbar Froshan cricket tournament |
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Kohsar Eleven has won the Inter Akhbar Froshan Tournament organized by Akhbar Faroshan Federation to promote sports among newspaper sellers. Tikka Khan distributed prizes among winners.
(Express-2)
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Cable Operators
Letter to Editor “Cable censor” |
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COL. (Retd) R.M. AKHTAR, “I request news channel of our world call cable to please avoid showing close up of gory scenes such as dead bodies/ badly wounded bodies. Such scenes have bad effect on children who may get nightmare after seeing them and also they are not good for old people because their heart is weak because of old age. I failed to understand why it is so important to show such gory pictures?”
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/jun-2007/15/letters1.php |
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Music
Two music shops burnt in Peshawar |
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Unidentified people set fire to two music shops in the Akhundabad area here, damaging several CDs and television sets, police said. The shops were owned by Iqbal and Amir Nawaz. The fire brigade controlled the inferno in 30 minutes.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\15\story_15-6-2007_pg1_5 |
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Telecommunication
Mobile regulatory environment exemplary |
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Pakistan has a better regulatory environment for mobile telecommunication than India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, said a Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) statement on Thursday. It said this had been revealed in the results of the first Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE), survey conducted in five Asian countries including Pakistan by Sri Lanka based independent telecom research organisation LIRNEasia. “These results were presented today in a Workshop on Assessment of Telecom Regulatory Environments organised by PTA,” after the workshop, the statement said. “The workshop was inaugurated by Chairman PTA, Major General (Retd), Shahzada Alam Malik and was attended by senior executives of telecom sector, PTA officers and academicians.” |
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=60531 |
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Letter to Editor “Misuse of cellphones” |
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“THIS is to draw the attention of the ministry concerned toward the vices erupting from the influx of mobile phone communications in the last couple of years. SIM cards became available for as low as Rs100. Gradually, these facilities led to misuse by criminals. Hand -to -hand mobile purchase and sales destroyed the identification system of the users. Bad calls, threats and other forms of misuse are employed by many who cannot be identified. Then they also choose to shut down their cellphones at will while their callers, some of them genuine claimants of a certain commitment between them, are denied access.”
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/15/letted.htm#6 |
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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