Tuesday May 16, 2006

Tribal journalists protest police harassment

The Tribal Union of Journalist (TUJ) on Monday accused intelligence and law enforcement agencies of harassing journalists working in the tribal areas, and demanded that the government provide them with security.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\05\16\story_16-5-2006_pg7_34

Illegal radio stations boosting extremism

Illegal FM radio stations, mostly run by clerics, fuelling extremist views about women's rights and reinforcing conservative social values and extremism in many districts in the Frontier province.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/16/local31.htm

Journalists Panel clean sweeps press club polls

Asim Rana of The Post secures record 590 ballots

The Journalists Panel has given a crushing defeat to its rival groups - Liberals and Democratics - in the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club Election-2006-07 .

http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=39741&catid=17

Cable TV operation resumes in Indian occupied Kashmir

Cable TV operators in Indian Kashmir have resumed operations after Mujahideen groups said they should ignore threats by other groups to halt broadcasts. The revolt-hit region's dominant group, Hizbul Mujahideen, and three other groups on Sunday asked the operators to resume programming.

http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?currMIndex=01&currPageNo=1

Dawn Editor

Mr Tahir Mirza, the present Editor of Dawn, will be retiring with effect from next week. He will be succeeded as Editor of Dawn by Mr Abbas Nasir. Mr Mirza was Resident Editor in Lahore at the launch of the Lahore Dawn. Subsequently he served at various posts in Dawn including a stint as Dawn's correspondent in Washington before becoming Editor. Mr Mirza will continue to be associated with Dawn as Contributing Editor.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/16/top15.htm

FM Listening : Mothers' Day special

I must appreciate the role FM channels are playing to create mass awareness about the World International Days through their special transmissions. Following the same pattern, last Sunday, Mothers' Day was celebrated by all FM channels.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=39732&catid=17

More:

“Journalists Penal win Rawalpindi Press Club elections”, Jang, Page-2

“4 name under consideration for MD PTV”, Khabrain, page-1

“Journalist released from private jail”, Khabrain, Page-1

“NA to take journalists issue today”, Daily Times, Page-2

“Rawalpindi Press Club change hands”, Dawn, Page-18

“AVT Khyber starts English bulletin” , The Nation, page-22

News sources :

The News: http://jang.com.pk/thenews/

The Nation: http://www.nation.com.pk/

Daily Times: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

The Dawn: http://www.dawn.com

Spider: www.spider.tm

BBC South Asia : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/

Herald: http://dawn.com/herald/

Aurora : www.aurora@dawn.com

The Economist: www.economist.com

IFEX: www.ifex.org

Jang: http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/

Nawa-i-waqt: http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk

Khabrain: http://www.khabrain.com

Daily Development News: http://asp.isb.sdnpk.org/

The Post: http://www.thepost.com.pk/

Business Recorder: http://www.brecorder.com

Compiled by, Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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