Saturday September 16, 2006

A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues

VIOLATION AGAINST MEDIA

Journalist shot dead in DI Khan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Some unidentified assailants shot dead a local journalist, Maqbool Hussain, on Circular Road here Thursday evening. Maqbool was coming from attending a function in connection with his professional duty when some unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate fire on him killing at the spot. He was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard on Friday. A large number of people from different walks of life attended Maqboolís funeral prayers. Heavy contingent of police were deployed to avoid any untoward incident. Police have registered a case and started search for the killers.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=2

MEDIA PROTEST

Maltreatment of journalist condemned

Journalists and newspaper employees belonging to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday staged a protest rally at the Parliament House to condemn Federal Minister for Labour Ghulam Sarwar Khan for ordering his bodyguards to beat up former PFUJ secretary-general C.R. Shamsi when the latter asked the minister to take steps for the implementation of the seventh wage board award.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/16/nat9.htm

Media & Government

Journalists end NA boycott on minister's apology

The journalists covering the parliamentary proceedings ended their boycott of the National Assembly and the Senate on Friday after Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani and Labour Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan regretted the sad episode of beating up senior journalist CR Shamsi by the guards of Sarwar Khan. Addressing the protesting journalists in the Parliament lobby, Information Minister MAli Durrani and Labour Minister Ghulam Sarwar apologized to the press on the unfortunate incident with senior journalist CR Shamsi in the Parliament premises.

http://nation.com.pk/daily/sep-2006/16/index13.php

Letters to Editor

No hockey coverage

I would like to say that the media gives too little coverage to hockey and if this continues we may soon be close to losing a part of our national heritage. The world cup hockey tournament is currently underway in Germany. But in spite of encouraging the team, the media has been seriously lacking in its coverage. On the other hand cricket is given too much importance. Though cricket is important, the fact is that the hockey world cup comes once every four years.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=11

Obituary

Journalist laid to rest

Maqbool Hussain Siyal, district correspondent of the Online news agency, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Thursday night, was buried in the graveyard of Kotli Hazrat Imam Hussain here on Friday. The 32-year-old journalist was on his way to meet Pakistan People's Party leader Nawab Azek when two gunmen riding a bike fired on him on the Circular Road.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/09/16/top18.htm

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

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