Sunday October 15, 2006

A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues

MEDIA ACTIVITY

Artists set up body for rights

Pakistan Actors and Broadcasters Equity Forum has been formed to promote the interests of actors, broadcasters and other artists. The forum will provide a platform to promote the cause of actors to increase their allowances, pensionary benefits, professional capabilities and establishing a link between the government and artists.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\10\15\story_15-10-2006_pg11_5

Pakistani journalist to be Yahoo fellow at Stanford

A Pakistani journalist, Imtiaz Ali, a reporter for BBC pushto service, has won the honour of being the first Yahoo international fellow at a journalism programme at Stanford, California…. The News, Page-11

“‘Canadian Journalists for Free Expression' an international organization working for the protection of journalists announced International Press Freedom award for Hayatullah Khan”, Daily Nawa-e-Waqat, Back Page

COMPILED by: Sajid Gondal, Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan (www.internews.org.pk)

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