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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Friday February 16, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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PEMRA issued FM radio stations for 27 districts |
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PEMRA through an open bid process issued FM radio licenses for 27 districts of the country. Bidding ceremony held in PEMRA office. Executive Director PEMRA Shahid Humayun asked to protect national interests while giving information, entertainment and education through FM stations. He said out 100 licenses issued so far, 63 FM stations are working.
(Daily Express-1) (Nawa-e-Waqt-3) (Daily Khabrian-3)
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NA rushes through 4 bills amid boycott |
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The National Assembly made history of speedy legislation when it passed four bills in less than two hours. The bill included Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2005; Law Reforms Bill, 2007; Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2005 and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Bill, 2005. Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, laid the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Amendment Bill, 2005, before the House. The assembly passed the bill after some resistance from Zafar Ali Shah of PPP-P.
With the PEMRA bill passage, the cross-media ownership has been made legal. However, the PEMRA will prescribe standards and measures for the establishment of broadcast media stations, installation of broadcasting, distribution service or tele-porting equipment, transmitters, receivers, boosters, converters, distributors and common antennae. The PEMRA will also prescribe terms and conditions for the broadcast media or distribution service operators, who own, control or operate more than one media enterprise. The Authority, in addition to that, will define the circumstances constituting undue concentration of media ownership, abuse of powers and anti-competitive practices by media companies.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/feb-2007/16/index1.php |
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Pemra bills passed BBC Urdu |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/02/070215 |
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Pemra bills passed |
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The National Assembly passed four bills. The drafts passed included a Law Reforms Bill that seeks quick disposal of court cases by amending seven criminal and civil laws and must be passed by the Senate as well to become law, and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) (Amendment) Bill aimed mainly to allow newspaper owners to run private television channels. The bill has already been passed by the Senate as recommended by a mediation committee of both houses of parliament and now only needs a presidential assent to come into force.
(Daily Jang-1)
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/16/top1.htm |
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NA passes four bills |
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The National Assembly (NA) passed four bills on Thursday: the Law Reforms Bill 2007, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity (PEMRA) Bill 2005, the Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment) Bill 2005 and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Bill 2005. The PEMRA bill has already been passed by the Senate, and it will now be referred to President Pervez Musharraf for approval. The government has repealed a clause from the PEMRA bill that barred newspaper owners from getting licences for TV channels, allowing owners to run channels on a permanent basis. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi moved the PEMRA Ordinance 2002 – the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill 2005 – and it was approved by a majority of MNAs through a voice-vote.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\16\story_16-2-2007_pg1_3 |
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NA passes Legal Reforms, PEMRA bills |
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The National Assembly Thursday passed four bills including the Law Reforms Bill 2007 with majority and all the amendments proposed by Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) in the bill were rejected. The bills passed by the lower house included Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (Pemra) Bill 2005, Legal Reforms Bill 2007, Federal Public Service Commission Amendment Bill 2005 and Pakistan Council for Water Resources Research Bill 2005. The Pemra amendment bill has already been passed by the Senate and it would be referred to the president for final approval. According to the bill, a media regulatory authority would be established that would regularise establishment of broadcast media and distribution services. The authority would comprise 12 members. It would issue licences to national and international scale broadcasts, provincial scale broadcasts, community based radio and TV broadcasts, teleporting and DSNG through open auction. It would also chalk out a code of conduct for the licence-holders of advertisements and programmes to ensure non-publication of literature of violence, terrorism, sectarian or ethnic, extremism, hate and vulgarity. The licence-holders would be liable to get NOC from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for import of equipment for broadcasting distribution and teleporting.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNews.aspx?fbshortid=1647&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current |
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PM asks media for national interests on first priority |
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Prim Minister Shukat Aziz has asked media to keep national interests on first priority.
Independent, active media is compulsory for strong democratic system. Present regime strongly believes in free media. He was talking to CPNE delegation headed by Syed Fasiaeh Iqbal who met him in PM house. He announced to set up a joint committee of CPNE representatives and officials of Ministry of Information for better coordination as well as 10 foreign scholarships for journalists. After meeting, PM hosted a dinner for CPNE delegation. He assured that all resources are being utilized to recover missing journalist.
(Daily Jang-8) (Daily Express-1)
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Courage in journalism by Rahimullah Yusufzai |
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It is an important function of the media to expose injustices, atrocities and corruption. The media should strive to unearth the truth about the killing of some of their brave colleagues. It will not be possible to bring to justice the powerful people behind some of these killings but exposing them will serve a useful purpose. At least, readers, listeners and viewers will know as to who are behind attempts to stifle the truth and would understand the risks involved in doing an honest job as journalists.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=43072 |
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Journalists demand early recovery of Sohail Qalandar |
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It might be a surprise to all the readers who concern the worse law and order situation in the country that abductors of the Sohail Qalandar, a Peshawar based senior journalist, has demanded the sum of Rs 5 million for his release.
(Daily Express-1)
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/ShortNews.aspx?shortid=3246&catid=2 |
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Journalists boycott Minister’s Press Briefing |
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Journalists on Thursday boycotted NWFP Information Minister Asif Iqbal’s press conference at media centre of Directorate of Information. The journalists, from print and electronic media walked out of the media centre in protest against government’s sluggish response towards the kidnapping of Sohail Qalander.
(Daily Times-B2) (Daily Express-1)
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Journalists vow joint efforts to stop violence |
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Journalists on Thursday reiterated their commitment that they would work together in order to stop acts of violence against them and to make working condition suitable for them in Pakistan. The views were expressed in a protest meeting organised by the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) Pakistan in collaboration with Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) to condemn attacks on journalists in Pakistan.
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http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/feb-2007/16/nationalnews1.php |
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Jang Column on Sindhi media visit to Lahore |
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Jang Columnist Nazeer Naji’s Column ‘Visit of Sindhi Journalists’. He says such inter provincial interactions enhance coordination and understanding towards national issues. Inter provincial trips should be encouraged and promoted.
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http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/feb2007-daily/16-02-2007/col2.htm |
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Contempt of Court against Geo for ‘Gumnam’, Lahore High Court hearing today |
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Lahore High Court will hear contempt of court case against geo TV today. Application has been filed by registrar of Lahore High Court against geo program ‘Gumnam’ in which court officials were shown while accepting bribery. Notices have been issued to Mir Shakeel ur Rehman, Mir Ebrahim, and staff of the program. Applicant has claimed that Geo TV program was an attempt to degrade the image of the honorable court. Evidences shown in program were fake and baseless. Justice Syed Zahid Hussain will head a 5 members full bench, it will comprise of Justice Asif Saeed Khan khosa, Justice M. A. Shahid Siqqique, Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah.
(Daily Express-1)
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APNS grieved over The Post's Editor’s death |
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A meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers’ Society’s Periodicals Press Committee expressed condolences on Thursday over the sudden death of The Post Editor Adnan Shahid, the son of the Khabrain Group of Publications chief Zia Shahid. The committee’s convener Dr Waqar Yousaf Azeemi presided over the meeting at the APNS office in Karachi. Adnan Shahid died of cardiac arrest in London on Friday at the age of 37. The committee also expressed grief over the death of Qazi Saeed Akbar, who served as the APNS president from 1971 to 1973.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\16\story_16-2-2007_pg7_30 |
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Funeral prayers for Ednan today |
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Funeral prayers for Ednan Shahid, the son of Chief Executive of Khabrain Group of Newspapers Zia Shahid and editor of The Post, will be held at 5/N Model Town Extension at 3:00pm today (Friday). Ednan Shahid, 37, died after he suffered a heart attack in London on February 10.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNews.aspx?fbshortid=1646&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current |
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