Saturday August 19, 2006

‘Maulana Radio'rules Swat airwaves

is not uncommon for popular disc jockeys to have a huge following. So there is nothing extraordinary about a large fan club of a cleric, known as Radio Maulana, who has hit the airwaves of Swat, except that his female admirers are making their husbands grow beards and abandon what the Maulana describes as ‘un-Islamic'.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/19/nat10.htm

Traffic police manhandles Business Recorder staffer

The traffic police in line with their traditional attitude manhandled yet another journalist here on Wednesday (16). According to the details, a reporter of Business Recorder Azhar Ali Khan went to a bank branch at M A Jinnah Road leaving his motorbike No KBS-4588 at the parking lot.

http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMedia
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Attack on Journalist flayed

An urgent meeting has been called by the President of Press Club KGM to condemn attack on senior journalist Ghulam Hussain by some influential persons. On the request of Anwar Ahmad and Ghulam Hussain KGM Police have registered case against Nisar.

http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMedia
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New Media Policy in final stages

Secretary Information and Broadcasting SHAHID RAFI said on Saturday (Aug 12) that preparation of new media policy was in final stages and it would be announced soon. In his address to participants of a two week capacity building course for Information Group officers at information service academy (ISA) the secretary of information & broadcasting was playing its due role for ensuring press freedom as envisaged by the constitution.

http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMedia
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ARTICLES:

Newspeak By Ali Ahsan Halali

In April, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) – a trade group that represents a number of the world's largest software makers such as Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and Intel among others – launched a massive campaign to battle piracy in Pakistan . They held a series of well-publicised press events in which co-chairman BSA Middle East, Jawad al-Redha, announced the organisation's intention to crack down on what they claim is rampant piracy throughout Pakistan . .

http://www.dawn.com/herald/index.htm The Herald August 2006; page-19   

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: http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/158/

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.pakistanpressfoundation.org

Asia Media: www.asiamedia.ucla.edu

PEMRA: www.pemra.gov.pk

States Man: http://www.statesman.com.pk

Frontier Post: www. frontierpost .com.pk

Compiled by , Sajid Gondal Media Monitor, Internews Pakistan .

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