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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Thursday April 19, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Intimidation
Madrassa students warn press against printing ‘vulgar’ material |
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While the Lal Masjid administration Wednesday collected all cellphones from students of Jamia Hafsa to block the flow of any information to the outside world, the students have reportedly written a letter to different media organisations to avoid publication of "vulgar" material in their newspapers and magazines. The students, taking notice of publication of "vulgar and anti-Islam" material in various newspapers and magazines, have written a letter to their administrations to warn them against publishing such material, sources told The Post. "Pakistan is an Islamic state and all media organisations have to follow the Islamic rules and regulations while publishing any material," said the letter. The students warned that if the media organisations didn't mend their ways, "they would take every possible step to put an end to such practices".
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNewsT.aspx?fbshortid=1831&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current |
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Media Protest
The right to public protest by I. A. Rehman |
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The government’s attempts to terrorise the media (and indirectly the lawyers and the people in general) into submission reached their peak with the raid on the Islamabad office of a TV organisation by a police contingent in full uniform and equipped with officially supplied weapons. The realisation that the incident had been seen by TV watchers across the globe prompted an unusual show of remorse and rehabilitation of the anchor who had been ordered off the channel a day earlier. No such consideration was shown to the other victims of police brutality that are not needed by the regime for its image-building.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/19/op.htm#1 |
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Media in Courts
Govt, lawyers asked to stop violence against journalists |
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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has expressed its concern over the increasing incidents of violence against journalists while performing their duties since March 13, especially in and around the courts premises. The journalists were manhandled and their equipment were damaged in different incidents in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi and some other towns, said a press release issued by the union on Wednesday. The PFUJ said that it respected all other professional bodies and always strived for truth and right causes in the best national interest. The struggle of working journalists for national causes and freedom of expression is well documented in the history of Pakistan, it added. The PFUJ has asked not only the government, but also the professional bodies of lawyers such as PBC, SCBA, and provincial and district bar associations to ensure the respect of all journalists covering the protest demonstrations.
(News-9)
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\19\story_19-4-2007_pg7_17 |
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Media Unions
Club office-bearers elected unopposed |
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The Journalists Panel maintained its hold over the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club (RIPC) for another term when all its candidates were declared successful without any contest. “The RIPC elections for the year 2007-08 are complete and all the candidates belonging to the Journalists Panel are being declared elected unopposed,” says chairman of the election committee Ijaz Malik in a press release. Mr Malik declared the Journalists Panel candidates as successful when five candidates for the offices of vice-president, three candidates for the offices of joint secretary and 15 candidates for the governing body withdrew their papers on Wednesday, which was the last date for the withdrawal of nomination papers. The polling was scheduled to be held on April 22. Following are the elected office-bearers of the RIPC for the year 2007-08: Mushtaq Minhas (president); Afzal Butt (secretary general); Asim Rana (finance secretary); Aroosa Alam, Jamil Mirza and Siddeeq Sajid (vice-presidents); Jahangir Minhas, Mazhar Tufail and Naveed Akram (joint secretaries) and Mohammad Qamash, Abdul Khalid Khattak, Nasir Chishti, Saqlain Abbas, Saqib Raja, Syed Gulzar Saqi, Ali Akhtar, Ali Raza Alvi, Mumtaz Bhatti, Aziz Malik, Farid Ahmed Khan, Shahzad Malik, Ishaque Chaudhry, Waheed Sheikh and Asghar Ali Mubarak (members Governing Body).
(News-19) (Nawa-i-Waqt-2) (Jang-2) (Express-2)
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/19/nat17.htm |
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Rawalpindi Islamabad Union Of Journalists (Dastoor) boycotts polls |
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President Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Nawaz Raza, President Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists Mohsin Raza and Secretary General Mian Muneer have announced to boycott annual polls of Rawalpindi Islamabad press club 2007-08. In joint press statement they have alleged that the constitution was rampaged without two third majority of the General Council. Election committee was announced without calling governing body in session. They announced to release facts in few days to reveal the drama to sabotage the constitution of press club.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-2) (Jang-2)
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Zafar Shah Panel elected unopposed in daily Jang polls |
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Ali Zafar Shah (late) panel elected unopposed in the Daily Jang and Press Workers Union Rawalpindi (CBA) says a press release. Nasir Mehmood Chishti has been elected president for the 7th time consecutively while Khalid Mehmood General Secretary respectively.
(News-5) (Jang-2)
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Journalists awarded |
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Green media awards ceremony organized by Tetra Pak was held at a local hotel on Wednesday. Secretary general All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) was the chief guest for the occasion. The ceremony was held to acknowledge the efforts of journalists who have tried highlighting different environmental hazards such as recycling, industrial pollution, desertification, water resource management, pollution, waste management and global warming, faced by the country. The winners of first and second prizes in each category were given a cash prize of Rs50, 000 and Rs25, 000 respectively. Following is the list of award winners who were given the Green media awards: News report (English): Adeel Pathan (first) and Shahid Hussain (second) of The News, Article (English): Zofeen T Ebrahim (first); Rina Saeed Khan (second) Article (Urdu): Muhammad Aslam Lodhi (first); Abid Mehmood Mughal/ Bilal Dar (second). News report (Urdu): Shabina Faraz, Sunday Magazine Jang newspaper (first); Rizwan Ahmad Tariq, Midweek magazine, Jang newspaper (second) Photographer: Hyder Abbas Jafri (first); Syed Abbas Mehdi (second).
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=52012 |
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Rawalpindi Islamabad Press Club Election |
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http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/apr2007-daily/19-04-2007/mulkbharse.htm |
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Television
Media initiative to build regional trust |
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A unique, private media initiative involving joint television programmes may do what political leaders in South Asia have failed to do so far — bring together the people of this fractious region. The initiative is being driven by a clutch of seven privately-owned television channels from five countries that will take advantage of pledges made at a summit of the eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in early April. Of the seven television channels, three are based in India while one each is from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. In addition to these five countries, SAARC includes Bhutan, the Maldives and new entrant Afghanistan, providing a potential viewership of 1.5 billion people. While in a few of these eight countries, the media is relatively underdeveloped and controlled by those in positions of power and authority, in most SAARC nations, the media is vibrant, fiercely independent and free of government influence. The latter group of countries would include those that have come together to launch the ‘Southasian’ television initiative.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/19/int9.htm |
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Radio
FM Listening | Messaging |
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Communication is most definitely a very essential aspect to our lives. It is only through conveying our emotions and thoughts to one another that we come to understand not only the world but ourselves as well. And in this modern era of technology, there are many ways through which we can communicate with each other, for example telephones, emailing, faxes etc. Though, in a country like Pakistan which has only just recently entered this era, development of various modes of communication has been slow but at the same time is steady and continues to grow.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=92883&catid=17 |
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Arts
Fashion school’s working irks NA committee |
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The sub-committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce learnt on Wednesday that the Pakistan School of Fashion Designing (PSFD), Lahore, was being run by an independent board without any rules and regulations and sought details of the previous boards for its next meeting. The sub-committee, chaired by MNA Kashmala Tariq, met at the Parliament House to discuss the school’s affairs. Besides the details and notification of the previous boards, the committee also sought the school’s proposed charter and details of the foreign tours of the current and former principals since the school’s establishment in 1995.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\19\story_19-4-2007_pg11_4 |
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Copyrights
Ordinance on patents promulgated |
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President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday promulgated Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2007. Following is the text of ordinance: "Ordinance No. XXI of 2007. An Ordinance further to amend the Patents Ordinance, 2000 whereas it is expedient further to amend the Patents Ordinance, 2000 (LXI of 2000); and whereas the National Assembly is not in session and the president is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (i) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance: 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of Patents Ordinance (LXI of 2000). 2. In the Patens Ordinance, 2000 (LXI of 2000), hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance, in section 16,- (a) in sub-section (2), the commas and words, "but before the period of eighteen months from the date of filing of application in Pakistan" shall be omitted and shall be deemed always to have been so omitted; and (b) sub-section (6) shall be omitted. Omission of section 19, Ordinance LXI of 2000. In the said Ordinance, section 19 shall be omitted. 3. Repeal. The Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006 (XXXVIII of 2006), is hereby repealed."
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=51992 |
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Theater
IMAX theatre case hearing put off |
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A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday put off the hearing of the main petition against the construction of multi-million IMAX Theater at Doongi Ground Mini Market Gulberg Lahore. The LHC office will fix the next date of hearing. The bench had already restored the main petition challenging the construction of the IMAX Theater which was earlier dismissed for non prosecution on July 06, 2006 when the petitioner’s counsel did not appear. Shah submitted that the process of land transfer from LDA tom PHA was flawed and in violation of law.
(Dailytimes-B3)
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Fourth Panj Pani Indo-Pak Theatre Festival opens |
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The 4th Panj Pani Indo-Pak Theatre Festival titled 'Reinterpreting History' opened at Alhamra Halls Wednesday. The festival is organised by Ajoka Theatre in collaboration with Lahore Arts Council. Punjab Governor Lt Gen (R) Khalid Maqbool inaugurated the festival. Deputy Indian High Commissioner Manpareet Vohra, Director General Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) Naeem Tahir, Director Ajoka Theatre Madeeha Gauhar and Shahid Nadeem were also present on the occasion.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/ShortNewsT.aspx?shortid=3560&catid=3 |
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Books
Political posters in Karachi from 1988-1999:a study |
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The period from 1988 to 1999 in Karachi was saturated with political images, an analysis of which has appeared in the form of a scholarly essay by Iftikhar Dadi in the April edition of “South Asian popular culture”.
(Dailytimes-A3)
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Communication
Fine for love letter to madrassa girl |
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A jirga fined a class six student Rs 30,000 and made him wear a garland of shoes in Darmangi village, five kilometres from here, for writing a “love letter” to a local madrassa girl. “Gulab Noor, son of Afghan national Zalmay, allegedly wrote a letter to a girl student of Madrassa Rahmania. A jirga held on Sunday fined the boy Rs 30,000 and forced him to wear a garland of shoes around his neck,” a witness to the jirga proceedings, asking not to be named, told Daily Times on Wednesday. Darmangi Welfare and Development Organisation (DWDO) President Roshan Khan said that local elders took the decision keeping in mind local customs and traditions. Khan said the police were not informed about the issue and that the boy was punished because “we wanted to teach a lesson to others”.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\19\story_19-4-2007_pg1_7 |
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Telecommunication
Phone virus rumour in NWFP |
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The rumour of mobile virus and subscribers' falling unconscious through receiving an obnoxious call has created panic among people of the NWFP like other parts of the country. Daily scores of consumers make phone calls to newspapers' offices asking if there is any reality in the rumour? Rumour-mongering club is joined by new members on daily basis and the situation has gone to the extent of quoting incidents of unconsciousness and subscribers' landing at hospitals are also being published. The cell phone virus hoax spread like a jungle fire in different parts of the Frontier province on Friday when relatives and friends in other cities of the country called their near and dear ones not to attend mobile phone calls. They even quoted different incidents on the basis of hear and say and mentioned some numbers starting with digits like 0099, 1999, 786 and 1939, 971 etc dangerous. The casualty ward of Lady Reading Hospital received such a patient on Wednesday evening. According to casualty in-charge a man was brought to the hospital with blood oozing out of his nose. He was admitted and would be referred to ENT specialist for diagnose the ailment. However, he said the patient narrated the story of receiving a phone call after which his phone set got sever heat and he also got fainted.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=51986 |
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Mobile phone virus “only rumors” |
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The recent scare about a virus being circulated via mobile phone, which would cause it to explode if you received a call from a particular number, was so sensational and the rumor spread so quickly that officials were forced to come on the electronic media and clarify the situation.
(News-19)
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Mobile phone insurance service |
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The mobile insurance facility has kicked off for the first time in the country as a result of the successful negotiation and collaboration with local cellular and insurance companies.
(News-19)
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Mobile phone will not effect human health |
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http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/apr2007-daily/19-04-2007/mulkbharse.htm |
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Media Blah Blah
Poet, cricketer join hands with lawyers |
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Support for suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry swelled on Wednesday as a famous poet and a former Test cricketer attended a demonstration of lawyers outside the Supreme Court where the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) resumed the hearing into the presidential reference against the CJP. Ahmed Faraz and Majid Khan were prominent among the protesters. A huge number of protestors were seen on Constitutional Avenue, shouting slogans against President Gen Pervez Musharraf for suspending Justice Chaudhry. “We are here to show our solidarity with the judiciary the generals tried to bury by filing a reference against CJP,” Ahmad Faraz, a renowned poet, told reporters. “I think every poet with conscience is with the CJP. They believe the judiciary to be the main pillar of the state. General Musharraf should not be allowed to demolish it,” he said. Faraz, who came all the way from Peshawar to attend the protest, said some poets were still reluctant to join ongoing protests. “Yes. I participated in the protest in favour of the chief justice but I don’t want to offer any comment,” said Majid Khan when Daily Times sought his comments on the reference.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\04\19\story_19-4-2007_pg7_16 |
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