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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Thursday July 19, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Media Protest
CPNE condemns life attempt on Mahmud-ul-Aziz’s sister |
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The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has strongly condemned the brutal life attempt on Mahmud-ul-Aziz’s sister last week. Mr. Aziz is a veteran journalist and chief editor of the United Press of Pakistan (UPP). Mrs Atiya Ameenuddin was killed by unknown assailants during a robbery at her home. Syed Fasieh Iqbal, the President of CPNE and Wamiq Zuberi, Secretary General of the CPNE, condemning the depressing and heinous murder said, the law and order in the city especially in DHA is deteriorating. No one is safe anywhere and the establishment of the country is playing on the music of “sab theek hai”. Both of these CPNE senior officials appealed the Sindh government to take immediate measures to arrest the assailants. Mr. Iqbal and Mr. Zuberi also prayed for the lady and invoked Almighty for the rest and peace for her soul in the life hereafter. He also empathized with the family, who has lost a loving member and mother. Mr. Iqbal showed his deep association with Mr. Aziz and his family and assured him complete support of the CPNE to bring the assailants to justice. APNS has also condemned the incident.
(Jang-3) (Khabrian-3)
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Critique on Media
Letter to Editor, “Disciplining the media” |
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Tehmina Afridi comments, “The media footage of the bomb blast that killed thirteen people in Islamabad on July 17 was extremely insensitive and totally unethical. Dead people and body parts lying around were broadcast live in the name of freedom of media. Many victims were half naked and soaked in blood — a horrible sight. Media is a powerful source of information but its blatant use for sensationalising issues is unacceptable. Many people are critical of the media circus witnessed during the Lal Masjid tragedy. All the channels broadcasting the events of Lal Masjid were hell bent on being the first to report new developments without bothering to check their validity. Some reporters were airing their own conspiracy theories on the June 17 blast in Islamabad. Such reporting can be extremely dangerous because it can easily misguide people. The media’s foremost role is to inform without lying. The role of analysis should be left to the analysts. There is dire need for some rules and regulations to minimize propaganda by the media. In the present condition the media instead of creating further terror and confusion should stick to mature and sensitive reporting.”
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\19\story_19-7-2007_pg3_6 |
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Media Miscellaneous
Media must not sympathise with religious extremists: Musharraf |
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President General Pervez Musharraf was talking to a select group of owners and editors of the print and electronic media at his Camp Office in Rawalpindi on Wednesday morning. President Musharraf dwelt at length on the extremist challenge facing Pakistan as a nation and asked the media to put the national interest above personal or business compulsions. Specifically, he asked media owners and editors not to allow their organs to be used for the projection of the extremists. But he also acknowledged that his own political supporters in government and the ruling alliance needed to do more to stand up and be counted on the side of the forces of moderation. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\19\story_19-7-2007_pg1_1 |
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Pearl’s widow names bank in lawsuit |
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The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Al Qaeda, other radical groups and Pakistan-based Habib Bank Ltd over the 2002 abduction, torture and murder of her husband. Habib Bank Limited is one of Pakistan’s biggest banks. The lawsuit alleges the bank and its subsidiaries knowingly conducted financial transactions on behalf of charities linked to extremist groups. “In doing so Habib and its subsidiaries aided, abetted and provided material support in the form of financial services for the terrorist support organisations,” the suit said.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/07/19/top10.htm |
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Television
PTV asked to restore Kissan time for farmer's community |
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Pride of performance farmer Mumtaz Khan Minees has asked PTV administration to restore PTV Kissan time, only program for 80% rural community of Pakistan. He has protested against PTV decision to close down informative show for farmer’s community.
(Khabrian-3)
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Radio
FM Listening | Happy Birthday FM 89 by Sehrish Wasif |
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“Coming back to 89, on the actual birthday day the episode of Cloud 89 hosted by the quartet of Masooma, Red Baron, Talha and Qudsia more commonly known as Red Baron Brigade really won over the hearts of the listeners by playing some magnificent mix of musical greats of the past and really rocked the merriment mode. An old great song called 'Aaj Mere Munne Ki Salgriah Hai was played many times in the show which gave their listeners a reason to smile. While listening to the show one announcement made by the Red Baron sounded a bit astonishing.” |
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/IsbNewsT.aspx?dtlid=108071&catid=17 |
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Movies
Revival of Cinema in Pakistan |
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The Jang Supplement for Geo film Khuda Kay Liye “in the name of god”.
(Jang-Supplement)
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Are we ready for the revival of cinema? There's no cinema house in Islamabad! |
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Maria Tirmizi’s report, “It is ironic that Khuda Kay Liye hopes to trigger the revival of cinema in Pakistan when the capital city of the country does not have a single cinema house. A few years ago, Melody and NEFDEC were the only two cinemas in the city, if you exclude a shady little theatre called Kohsar in Sitara market, G/7 that is still showing sleazy, third-rated Punjabi films for a predominantly G/7 crowd. Melody cinema was built somewhere in the '60s, and being almost as old as Islamabad itself, held wonderful memories of the charm of the big screen for many old Islamabad families.”
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/instep_today.asp |
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Announcement
Award for journalist |
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has conferred the International Press Freedom Award on Mazhar Abbas, the secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). The CPJ will give out the awards at a ceremony at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Nov 20, a PFUJ press release said. Mazhar Abbas said here on Wednesday he had decided to dedicate the award to the PFUJ, its founders and the country’s community of journalists.
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/07/19/nat18.htm |
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Media training on election coverage in August |
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Intermedia, a media development organisation, plans to train journalists on issue-based media coverage of elections in August. A series of workshops, to be attended by journalists working for newspapers and magazines, will be organised in this respect, said a press release. Senior journalists, political scientists and election monitoring experts will conduct the workshops focusing on electoral processes, monitoring of elections, the role of Election Commission, government, political parties and other democratic institutions in the process. In the first phase, four training workshops will be held in Quetta from August 7-9, Karachi from August 11-13, Murree from August 18-20 and Nathiagali from August 23-25. In the second phase, 20 journalists selected from the participants of first phase will be given advance training in Islamabad in September.
(News-19)
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\19\story_19-7-2007_pg11_7 |
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Journalists asked to deposit down payment |
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The capital development authority has asked the Rawalpindi Islamabad based journalists who have been allotted plots/flats in sector I-15, to deposit their outstanding down payment by July 30, 2007. A manual draw for allotment of these plots/flats to he journalists of twin cities was held by CDA in first week of April.
(News-14)
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Telecommunication
Mobile towers ‘deadlier than hoardings’ |
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As local authorities attempt to remove billboards following last month’s deadly incidents during the rains, the provincial government sees mobile towers as another threat and says that they too need to be shifted to safer places. Government officials term mobile towers “more deadly than hoardings.” A senior official said initially the Sindh government was more concerned about radiation-related hazards associated with the cellular infrastructure, which were harmful for human life and health but the June 23 incidents explosed new threats of such towers. “We are in touch both with companies and the institutions concerned,” said Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Sindh Environment and Alternative Energy Minister. “We believe that these towers can cost more human life if they are affected in heavy rains. This needs to be addressed but at the same time it needs cooperation of every segment involved,” the minister added. He said the ministry initiated a campaign a few months back to shift telecom towers from residential areas on concerns over hazards caused though such infrastructure but last month’s rain related incidents which claimed more than 200 lives, pushed his ministry to take other dangers into account before finalising any strategy to shift the towers.
(Daily Times-2)
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=64935 |
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Obituary
Veteran photojournalist passes away |
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Senior photojournalist Samuel Benjamin was buried Wednesday. He was 61. He leaves behind two brothers and two sisters. Born in 1946 in Saddar Karachi, he became a photographer in 1965. He worked for news agencies and newspapers. He had been affiliated daily ‘Koshish’ of the Kawish group of publications since 1998. Bejamin was known as Chacha among journalists. He had suffered critical injuries when in a bomb blast blast at the Pak-American Cultural Centre (PACC). His professional career spanned 42 years and he remained a bachelor. |
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\07\19\story_19-7-2007_pg12_9 |
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