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RESOURCE CENTER - MEDIA MONITOR |
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Wednesday June 20, 2007
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A daily review of media coverage of media and communications issues. |
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Critique on Media
MMA MPAs accuse PTV of biased telecast |
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The PTV Peshawar Centre Tuesday came under fire in the NWFP Assembly session when one of the provincial ministers and a MPA accused the government controlled media of having damaged their reputation. On a point of order, Finance for Shahraz Khan said the anchor in a Pashtu current affairs programme in connivance with the PTV Peshawar Centre's concerned officials had grossly violated the ethics of journalism in the programme, telecasted live Monday evening.
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/NatNewsT.aspx?dtlid=103278&catid=2 |
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Letter to Editor “Woolmer’s death and the media” |
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S. Jawaid Iqbal comments, “While reporting the truth is the first and foremost responsibility of the media, it is essential that the truth be researched, verified and authenticated. Moreover, the truth need not be blown out of proportion. For starters, let us all have some sporting spirit.”
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/20/letted.htm#3 |
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Media Protest
Token walk out by opposition and journalists against murder of journalist |
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Opposition from house, journalists from press gallery staged token walk out to protest the murder of a journalist in Sindh and abduction of reporter from Balochistan. PPP leader MNA Nawab Yousaf Talpur raised the issue in house. State Interior Minister assured the house that report will be presented in the house after receiving information from Sindh govt. After his assurance, journalists ended the boycott.
(Nawa-i-Waqt-8)
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Media community demands the arrest of Hayatullah’s killers |
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Media community held a protest rally in Takhatbhai to mark first death anniversary of slain journalist Hayatullah. Journalists expressed concern that one year has passed but there was no clue about culprits. They asked government to take immediate steps to apprehend culprits.
(Aaj-2)
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Professional hazards for journalists by Zubeida Mustafa |
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“Pakistan is a good example of how the deteriorating political conditions have hit the media most acutely. Shaky military governments have cracked down on the press and the electronic media the hardest believing that they can set things right by shooting the messenger so that the message does not reach the people. But it does not happen that way any more because today information has its way of reaching the people — thanks to the invention of new technology.”
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http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/20/op.htm#2 |
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Media Miscellaneous
Pemra bill intact, being made more venomous: Rabbani |
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The opposition claimed on Tuesday that the Pemra Amendment Ordinance had not been withdrawn, adding that another much stricter ordinance was being framed to gag the media in the run-up to the general elections.Speaking at a news conference here at the Parliament House, the leader of the opposition in the Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani, charged that it was a lie that the recent media-related ordinance had been withdrawn. The ordinance is very much intact, he said, adding that had the government been sincere, it could have withdrawn it within no time, simply by issuing a directive. Rabbani said the ordinance like a sword was hanging over the head of media to bar it from covering rallies of the chief justice.
President Pervez Musharraf had promulgated the Pemra (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 on June 4, triggering demonstrations and rallies by journalists, lawyers and the opposition parties, which had dubbed the ordinance as “the blackest” of black laws. “Another more lethal ordinance is being framed, which will be part of the government’s rigging strategy to regulate the media and to see how much time is being given to the government and the opposition on TV channels, and which programme must be aired and which not,” he claimed.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=8588 |
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Minister assures Killers of newsman will be apprehended |
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State Interior Minister Zafar Iqbal Warriach has assured national assembly that killers of Khabron’s reporter will be apprehended soon. He told that Ministry of Interior will present the report in two days. Govt has taken serious notice of the murder of Sindhi newspaper’s reporter.
(Khabrian-8)
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Kasuri says CJ case hype due to media |
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Pakistan is a pluralistic society. Pakistan has a very free and a vibrant media and the credit for that, to a very large extent … goes to President Musharraf … when he took over there was only one channel, the Pakistan Television, PTV. That's it. Now there are so many that I can't count."
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http://www.thepost.com.pk/Fb_ShortNewsT.aspx?fbshortid=2016&fcatid=14&fstatus=Current&bcatid=14&bstatus=Current |
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Media should raise awareness about voter lists: NGO |
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ACE briefs journalists on voters’ registration, and stresses the need of voter lists’ verification
Media should raise awareness regarding voter lists and registration, so that citizens start visiting display centres, stated the Alliance for the Creation of Employment (ACE)’s office-bearers on Tuesday.
At a press briefing on ‘Voter-lists, voters’ registration and lists’ correction’ arranged for reporters at the local press club, ACE Programme Manager Zubair Khan and district coordinator Younas Bangash briefed the reporters about the voters’ registration and corrections in voter-lists.
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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\20\story_20-6-2007_pg7_45 |
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Media boom proving advantageous to Urdu |
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The boom that electronic media is experiencing in Pakistan is proving to be advantageous for Urdu language as it is the most widely used medium of communication for news, drama, advertisements, and other segments of the TV channels. This has resulted in an unprecedented growth and development of the national language and its wider acceptance by the upper crust of society. Prof. Zakriya Sajid, the fatherly figure at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi broke this news about the much-neglected national language. He was speaking at the concluding session of a three-day media-training workshop, at the Department of Mass Communication (MC), Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science, and Technology (FUUAST). The workshop was organised in collaboration with Pakistan Press Foundation on Tuesday.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=61243 |
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'Agahi Zaroori Hai' campaign |
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Majority rejects discrimination against women. Response to a media campaign based on interactive questions initiated by the Ministry of Women Development recently shows that majority of the people rejected discrimination against women in education, property and marriage-related issues. The campaign titled "Agahi Zaroori Hai" was launched under the project of "Community campaign to prevent violence against women including media," at a total cost of Rs 38 million. The initiative that lasted for over two months, four questions were prepared that addressed the most common unjust behaviours prevalent in the society. These questions were then published in some of the leading Urdu language dailies besides being aired on Pakistan Television. The respondents were promised prizes through a lucky draw. Media expert Naveeda Sultan told 'The News' on Wednesday that it was a pilot project. She termed it a first step forward to make masses aware of women's rights. "This will in turn lead to preventing violence against women," she said. She pointed out that because of limited funds, only a few newspapers and one television channel was involved in the process. She conceded that a wider media campaign could bring in real change in public behaviour.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=61263 |
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Journalists eleven won the cricket match |
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A friendly match was played between ‘journalists eleven’ and ‘Bar eleven’ in Shabqadr to mark the 2nd anniversary of Tehsile Shabqadr, won by journalists eleven. Tehsile Nazim distributed prizes among players.
(Aaj-4)
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Books
National Textbook Policy notified |
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The Federal Ministry of Education has notified the National Textbook Policy in pursuance of the decisions taken in 11th Inter-Provincial Education Ministers' meeting held on Jan 22 in Islamabad.
The policy has been prepared in consultation with the provincial education ministers, textbook boards, National Book Foundation, publishers and booksellers associations and other stakeholders for improvement in textbooks and learning materials. Major objective of the policy is to improve quality of education at all levels through better quality textbooks and other learning materials at affordable prices for promoting Pakistan as a knowledge-based society. According to the new policy, a well regulated system of competitive publishing of textbooks and learning materials will be introduced as part of an enhanced public-private partnership in the development of education in Pakistan.
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Updated at 11:00 PST (06:00 GMT) |
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