Friday June 16, 2006

Two rural journalists receive threats for reporting on quasi-judicial decision

Two rural journalists in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh received death threats from feudal lords for reporting on the quasi-judicial decision of Jirga, a traditional feudal assembly, to hand over for marriage five girls, all minors, to a rival family in order to settle a murder dispute.

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/75087/

Six journalists injured in attack on press club

About fifty individuals attacked journalists in a rural press club on 14 June 2006, injuring six newsmen. The assailants, many of whom were on a tractor, barged into the press club in Thari Mirwah, a small town located in the Khairpur district of the southern province of Sindh , and started punching, kicking and beating journalists with sticks. They ransacked the press club damaging furniture and equipment. The intruders chanted slogans against journalists.

http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/75078/

Six journalists injured in press club attack

Police make arrests after armed men beat journalists at Thari Mirwah Press club

Six journalists were injured in an attack on the Thari Mirwah Press Club on Wednesday evening. The injured, journalists included Abdul Hafeez Shar, Mukhtiar Qasmani, Mehmood and Illahi Bux. The journalists were kicked, punched and beaten up with batons over two dozen armed men. The cause of the attacked could not be ascertained

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=47658

‘ Govts, corporate sector still spearhead media in the world'

Corporate and government interests have acquired almost total control of media, making it difficult for anyone from China to Peru seeking truth escape embedding, India 's leading documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan said. Addressing the participants of South Asian electronic media workshop ‘Breaking the Line' on Thursday, Patwardhan made his point while probing into the long list of what he called American crimes against humanity.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=11141

Electronic media still not free to cover truth: seminar

Speakers at a workshop on South Asian Electronic Media on Thursday said that television and radio channels in the private sector had phenomenally expanded and flourished in the region during the last one decade, but still they have been facing difficult times in unbiased and truthful reporting due to the government and other non-state societal pressures.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=11143

Electronic media can help promote peace: Ibad

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan said on Thursday that electronic media can play a significant role in sustaining ongoing peace process between Pakistan and India besides strengthening democracy. Speaking at a three-day workshop on South-Asian Electronic Media Association, organized by the South-Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) at a hotel, he said a greater responsibility lies on media to strengthen relations and build peace at this point of time when things are moving in the right direction as desired by the leadership of both the countries.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/06/16/local9.htm

Importance of radio highlighted

The State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Tariq Azeem, highlighting the significance of radio as a medium for the dissemination of information, has said that it would also be revived as a medium in the country.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=11152

Protest against threat to journalist

Protest rally was taken out by journalists in Larkana against the life threat to a journalist in Thul by some men of a tribe. A large number or journalists also observed token hunger strike in front of the Larkana Press Club after the rally.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=11111

FM LISTENING: New Sassi Khan in town

A few days back, I heard some people complaining about a new female DJ on Power 99 FM. They were not satisfied with her show time, her presenting style and the content of the show. They were of the view that the way she hosted the show and the topic she discussed, did not match with our culture and customs. Additionally, some listeners were of the view that she used these tactics to attract male listeners. However, such a bold statement needed to be crosschecked.
http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNews.aspx?dtlid=44653&catid=17

Mateen Hashmi's death condoled

President Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi have expressed their grief and sorrow on the death of Syed Abdul Mateen Hashmi, Chairman Orient Advertising who died the other day.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=1442

Information Secretary calls on Zia Shahid

Punjab Information Secretary Taimur Azmat Usman Thursday called on Khabrain Group of Newspapers Chief Executive Zia Shahid at his office. He felicitated Zia Shahid on his recovery from illness and expressed his good wishes.

http://www.thepost.com.pk/CityNews.aspx?dtlid=44718&catid=3

Letter to Editor:

That is the goal
For the many avid football fans like myself, PTV's failure to telecast the FIFA World Cup this year in its true spirits was highly disappointing. More efforts seem to have been spent on PTV's advertising campaign than in the actual broadcast.

http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/june-2006/16/letters.php

More:

“Public places to have TV screens: CDA” Dawn, Page-17

“Raiz-ur-Rehman Sagar's poem ‘Araz Kia hay' about media”, Nawa-e-Waqat, Page-2

“Press Club Jand members condemn attack on weekly Hazroo office” Nawa-e-Waqat  

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

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

Compiled by, Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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