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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Friday December 15, 2006
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Press freedom result of workers sacrifices: Durrani |
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Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani said on Thursday that journalists and newspaper workers had given many sacrifices for the freedom of press in Pakistan. “This liberty has not been given by any ruler or government,” he said while addressing a ceremony organised by All Pakistan Hawkers Federation here at a local hotel. Durrani said the journalist community has always been bold in its criticism of government. “But politicians sometimes hesitate to speak even against a Station House Officer (SHO),” he added. |
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/dec-2006/15/index13.php |
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Preliminary report into harassment case submitted |
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Various secret agencies have sent their preliminary reports to the President, Prime Minister and other concerned quarters regarding the incident pertaining to the reported harassment of Kamran Rehmat, Editor of The News, Islamabad. The editor’s car was chased down from Islamabad Highway right to his residence doorstep in G-10/1 in the wee hours of Wednesday. A spokesman of the Ministry of Information in a statement Thursday said the government has taken strong notice of the matter. He said the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Durrani was taking personal interest by pursuing the case and has discussed the matter with Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and other concerned officials.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=4773 |
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SHC issues notice to PEMRA |
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The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday issued notices to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, All Pakistan Cable Operators Association, Karachi Cable Operators Association and World Call Telecom on Rs100 million lawsuit for injunction against infringement and violation of copyrights. Box Office, a distributor of cinematographic films in Pakistan, alleged that the defendants infringed its legal right by showing its cinematographic films Casino Royal (New 007) and Umrao Jan through cable network. It was submitted that media is being exploited by defendants to promote piracy under garb of license issued by PEMRA and alleged that defendants are abetting each other for the continuance of illegal act.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=35710 |
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Journalists protest against PPP |
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The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has protested against the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) for occupying over the National Press Club building here, as the BBC reported. President PFUJ Pervaiz Shaukat, CR Shamsi, Fauzia Shahid and other headed the protest which was staged against the occupation on the National Press Club building by the PPP Deputy Secretary Information Sajjad Bukhari. The participants of the protest raised slogans against the unlawful occupation and called the PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto for intervene into the matter so that journalists’ community could get its due justice.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=73218&catid=17 |
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Cable operators meet Mushahid |
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A delegation of the Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) met with a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and informed him of their ordeal regarding the imposition of a new tax. In a statement issued Thursday, the CAP said that it had met PML-Q's secretary general Mushahid Hussain and informed him of the federal excise duty (FED), which was implemented by the Central Board of Revenue, demanding Rs 10 from the cable operators for each client. The delegation informed Hussain that their customers were refusing to pay the new tax introduced in the last budget.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\15\story_15-12-2006_pg12_8 |
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Government to consider residential colony for newspaper hawkers |
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Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Muhammad Ali Durrani said government will make arrangements in priority basis to resolve the problems of newspaper hawkers. He said government is ready to consider the suggestion of housing colony for newspapers hawkers. He was addressing a delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Hawkers Association on Thursday….
Daily Jang, Page-3
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Radio city to be built in Islamabad |
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Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting, Shahid Rafisaid that government is planning a radio city at Lahtarar, near Islamabad. He revealed that 1000 kinal land has been allocated for the said radio city and all state of the art facilities for setting up of modern radio stations would be provided in the Radio City….
Daily Jang, Page-3
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CAP demanded removal of excise duty |
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A delegation of Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) Thursday met Secretary General, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Mushid Hussain Syed. The Cable Operators Informed the political figure about their problems and requested government for removel of excise duty on cable operators….
Daily Jang, Page-3
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Rawalpindi Union of Journalist (Dastoor) met |
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Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalist (Dastoor Group) met Thursday with its President Muhsin Raza in chair. The Union demanded revision of payment of installment being paid for plots in Loi Bheer Colony for Journalists…..
Daily Khabrain, Page-10
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Hawkers work have great importance: Tika Khan |
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Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Hawkers Association, Tika Khan said the newspapers hawkers do work of great impotence. He was addressing the delegation of hawkers associations come across the country to participate in annual meeting…
Daily Express, pabe-8
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FM LISTENING |
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Entertainment or nuisance
The close monitoring of the transmission of FM channels leaves one with the feeling that none of the channel is following any proper format or code of conduct. The idea of entertainment is fast turning into a nuisance. No doubt, all media outlets are run with two main objectives: one is to earn profit and secondly to make it a listener’s first choice.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=73212&catid=17 |
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LETTER TO EDITOR |
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Media as engine for change
Since the evolution of the modern state, political thinkers have been unanimous in declaring that its basic pillars are the legislature, the judiciary and the executive. Some of them, of course, would also include the ‘press’ – even though it is not a pillar of the state as is often wrongly dubbed by many, but ‘the fourth estate’.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/LetNews.aspx?dtlid=73119&catid=4 |
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Islamic revolution needed in electronic media |
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Media have an important role in creating awareness in a nation and thus there is a need of Islamic revaluation in Pakistan’s electronic media to aware our people with Islamic teachings and traditions…….
Nawa-e-Waqat, Editorial Page
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